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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.

Jazz Album Review: Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett — Together Again, Memorably

October 20, 2021
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Even if this is a commercial confection, it’s worth taking seriously because it is very likely to be Tony Bennett’s final album.

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