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Film Review: An Exquisitely Haunting “Amulet”

July 31, 2020
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This debut film from Romola Garai is to be commended on all levels: its technical proficiency, its aesthetic beauty, its affecting and unusual story, and its stand out performances.

Television Review: “Love on the Spectrum” — Celebrating Autism

July 30, 2020
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Love on the Spectrum is a trailblazing docuseries that dismantles myths about autism and romance.

Jazz Commentary: Ornette Coleman — An Outsider Cracks the Egg

July 28, 2020
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The final, ineluctable quality that Ornette Coleman brought to the table was that he had an individual “voice,” which is the sine qua non and preeminent ethos in jazz.

Pop Album Review: Oliver Tree’s “Ugly Is Beautiful” — Embracing Our Inner Kookiness

July 27, 2020
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Though it’s inconsistent, Oliver Tree ‘s debut album offers an ample display of songwriting acumen along with his determined eccentricities.

Book Review: “Lake of Urine: A Love Story” — Breaking Established Reality

July 27, 2020
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It’s hard to critique a novel that flies under such a resplendent banner, a wholesale rejection of the dead and decaying world of trends and war and meaninglessness.

Book Review: Ornette Coleman –The Life of a Jazz Visionary

July 27, 2020
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“Ornette was looking for those notes, the ones that feel no pain.”

Jazz Album Review: Following the Lessons of the Master, “Thumbscrew – The Anthony Braxton Project”

July 27, 2020
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The album’s set of pieces not only revels in the spirited formal experimentation of the great musician’s music, but its expressive urgency as well.

Theater Review: “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” – What Lurks in a Zoom-screen Void

July 26, 2020
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The play’s swift running give-and-take is chillingly beguiling, its myriad allusions arousing your curiosity as you consider the characters’ positions and conclusions yourself.

Film Review: “The Rental” — Low Rent B and B Horror

July 25, 2020
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The Rental chugs along predictable genre rails, its characters settling into the expected “types” as screws are gradually turned on them by whoever’s surveilling from a distance.

Rap Album Review: “Miles” — Blu & Exile’s World of Anguish and Beauty

July 24, 2020
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For an hour and a half, Blu examines himself on Miles, trying to understand who he is and where he comes from.

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