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Film Review: “Cha Cha Real Smooth” — Complicating the Rom-Com

June 20, 2022
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Cha Cha Real Smooth is sappy but welcome: it is an unconventional comedy that offers a rare dose of empathy for the family in these anxious times.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Minx” is Sexy, Funny and Oh So Seventies

June 19, 2022
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This clever, funny, sexy series from HBO Max is my pick for the best new feel-good retro comedy of 2022.

Theater Review: “Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie” — Pretty Much the Greatest Hits

June 18, 2022
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Woody Sez falls short as a compelling chronicle of Guthie’s life and times. It becomes a sort of “greatest hits” round-up and the steady stream of music is moving and then some.

Book Review: “The Star-Spangled Screen” — How Hollywood Makes War Acceptable

June 17, 2022
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One comes away a trifle numb: in part due to the sheer number of films made; but in part both awed and terrified by Hollywood’s ability to use what were, for the most part, mediocre films to make the ravages of war not only so acceptable to the American public, but glorious.

Visual Arts Preview: “Alpha 60” — A Simple Walk in the Park Becomes a Visual Sci-Fi Adventure

June 16, 2022
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Could there be a more appropriate way to celebrate the father of landscape architecture Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th birthday?

Author Interview: The “Friday Night Lights of Hockey” — Jay Atkinson’s “Ice Time” Turns Twenty

June 16, 2022
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“Hockey gets in the blood—you develop an intense passion for the game, and either you leave it—too many early mornings, bus rides, urine-smelling rinks—or you just love it.”

Television Review: “Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey” — Marriage Cult

June 15, 2022
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Rachel Dretzin’s superb documentary delves into a baffling question: why didn’t these cult members just get up and leave?

Book Review: “Translating Myself and Others” — The Air We Breathe

June 15, 2022
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The cumulative effect over the course of Jhumpa Lahiri’s book sharpens our view of what the imperfect art of translation can, in fact, do.

Music Feature: Neighbor Comes into Its Own

June 14, 2022
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The band Neighbor isn’t reinventing the wheel, but it’s not getting steamrolled by it either.

Book Review: “Building 46” — Much More than a Chinese Ghost Story

June 13, 2022
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Author and journalist Massoud Hayoun’s novel Building 46 probes behind the air-brushed image of China’s capital city to offer a fascinating (and incisive) look into the everyday lives of Beijing dwellers.

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