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Book Review: “The Notes” of Ludwig Hohl — “Everything Ever Created Was a Fragment.”

October 28, 2021
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Ludwig Hohl belongs in the line of such lucidly contentious thinkers as Karl Kraus, Pascal, and Lichtenberg, commentators whose writing oscillates between the traditions of literature and philosophy.

Jazz Concert Review: Vocalist Kurt Elling — Going Through the World with Curiosity

October 27, 2021
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The range of Kurt Elling’s repertoire is astonishing and his program at Jimmy’s was commensurately ambitious.

Book Review: Ohio Bound — “Far From Their Eyes”

October 27, 2021
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This anthology, for all its occasional sadness, is optimistic about the future of immigration to America.

Film Reviews: The English Dispatch, Part 2 — The London Film Festival

October 26, 2021
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The selection of foreign films on offer at the BFI London Film Festival was of a very high quality.

Film Review: “Red Rocket” — A Dog’s Life

October 26, 2021
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No woman, I’m willing to bet, could have filmed the sex scenes in Red Rocket. She would have cracked up laughing or thrown up.

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Film (Part Four)

October 25, 2021
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More homages to 1971’s magnificent bursts of cinematic iconoclasm, from McCabe & Mrs. Miller to The Music Lovers and Walkabout.

Film Review: “The French Dispatch” — A Fantastical Magazine

October 23, 2021
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Fans will be pleased that time around director Wes Anderson has shot off everything in his stylistic quiver.

Film Review: “Becoming Cousteau” – (To live on the land we must learn from the sea)

October 22, 2021
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Jacques Cousteau’s journey, from wannabe pilot to protector of the seas, is chronicled in a new documentary.

Television Review: “Chucky” — The Doll’s Foul Play Continues

October 21, 2021
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Syfy’s latest iteration of the killer doll remains as campy and violent as ever.

Book Review: “The Sum of Us” — Why We Are Divided

October 21, 2021
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The Sum of Us shows how the economic and political powers-that-be have exploited race to split Americans into warring tribes trapped in a zero-sum game fighting for what’s left after the top 1% take 40% of the wealth.

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