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Film Review: “The People’s Joker” — Intellectual Clown Property

April 15, 2024
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Whatever else 2024 has in store for queer filmmakers and audiences, there’s likely to be nothing else that’ll put a smile on your face quite like “The People’s Joker.”

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Television Review: “Heartbreak High,” Season Two — A Distinct Letdown

April 12, 2024
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The Aussie teen soap falls victim to the dreaded sophomore slump.

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Theater Interview/Preview: Dan O’Brien — The Playwright as Documentarian

April 14, 2024
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It’s not hyperbole to suggest that Dan O’Brien’s “True Story: A Trilogy” represents a distinctive achievement in theater history.

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Book Review: “Who Owns This Sentence?: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs”

April 12, 2024
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This book is a fiery manifesto that charges that copyright law today is an outrageously unjust scheme that does nothing for 99 percent of authors, other creative people, and their fans, while it locks up a commodity that fills the coffers of large corporations.

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Jazz Album Review: Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon — “The Lost Album”

April 20, 2024
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The music works. The session is among old friends. The rhythm section cooks and every solo holds one’s attention.

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Film Review: “Sasquatch Sunset” — Creatures of Nature, Walking Proud and Standing Tall

April 19, 2024
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“Sasquatch Sunset”‘s directors claim they were interested in respecting the universal connection between man and nature, albeit with plenty of humor.

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Jazz Album Review: “Sun Ra: At the Showcase Live in Chicago, 1976 – 1977” — Time to Blast Off

April 20, 2024
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“Sun Ra: At the Showcase Live in Chicago, 1976 – 1977” offers a rare opportunity for us 21st century listeners to experience live sets by a distinctive musical spirit.

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Film Review: “Amar Singh Chamkila” — A Spirited Showbiz Biography

April 14, 2024
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“Amar Singh Chamkila” doesn’t hit the compelling heights of “Highway” and “Tanasha,” but the director Imtiaz Ali successfully infuses — within the limits of the musical biopic — a buoyant, rebellious spirit.

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Theater Review: “The Drowsy Chaperone” — A Refreshing Musical Tonic

April 10, 2024
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The Lyric Stage Company production almost meets the challenges posed by this delightfully inane musical farce.

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Film Review: “La Chimera” — A Celebration of Etruscan Grit and Glory

April 12, 2024
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If “La Chimera” is a bit harder to penetrate than the director-writer’s previous works, it boasts some captivating passages and raises pertinent questions about art, history, globalism, and national identity.

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