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Film Review: Stephen Bannon — “Dharma” Bum

January 21, 2019
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Errol Morris allows Stephen Bannon to indulge in his vision of how he will save America, with Donald Trump as his agent and himself as the genius manipulating events.

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Dance Review: Dorrance Dance’s Tapestration

January 21, 2019
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I thought I’d never seen such a thrilling example of how dance and music can combine and feed each other.

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Theater Review: “Othello” at the American Repertory Theater — Un-moored

January 21, 2019
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The Oregon Shakespeare Festival production of Othello lacks a tragic dimension not because it highlights Othello’s “Otherness,” but because it eschews any vestige of grandeur or nobility.

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Classical Music Commentary: Poetic Narratives in the Concert Hall, and a New Recording of Dvořák’s “The Spectre’s Bride”

January 20, 2019
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A reflection on the whole tradition of combining longish narrative poems to music, especially for performance in a concert hall by large forces (e.g., singers and orchestra).

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Film Review: M. Night Shyamalan’s Broken “Glass”

January 19, 2019
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M. Night Shyamalan turns the trilogy topper he needed to make after Unbreakable and Split into a preposterous group therapy session.

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Theater Review: “The Wolves” — A Woman’s World

January 18, 2019
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Director A. Nora Long’s decision to collaborate with an all female-identifying design team and crew underscores her commitment to a feminist vision.

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Film Review: “Cold War” — Love, Etched by Art

January 18, 2019
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Cold War is a timeless story of romantic love, and its persistence in the face of upheaval.

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Film Review: “Best of Luck with the Wall” — Mapping How Lost We Are

January 18, 2019
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Josh Begley, in a mere six minutes, demonstrates how impossible the notion of a border wall is, from an engineering and construction perspective.

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Theater Review: “Heartland” — Pointing the Finger at Us

January 16, 2019
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Heartland proffers a rare combination — it is a prescient history lesson that also works dramatically.

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Book Review: “American Audacity” — Literature is the One Religion Worth Having

January 15, 2019
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Demanding that people pay attention to quality is about as audacious a demand you can take in our giddy culture.

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