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Book Review: Europe’s African Loot

May 11, 2022
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Africa’s Struggle for Its Art usefully charts the prequel to current campaigns pressuring for the return of colonial plunder.

Book Review: “The Hawk’s Way” — Up-Close and Personal with Birds of Prey

May 10, 2022
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Sy Montgomery raises the question of our relationship to the world and all its animals and nudges us toward the view that even predators deserve our support and admiration because of the value they bring to our planet.

Television Review: “Hacks” — Even Funnier on Tour

May 10, 2022
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It is not unusual for most series to hit a sophomore slump, but Hacks manages to avoid this fate, partly because of how deftly it expands on its original premise.

Theater Review: “Sabina” — The Compelling Force of a Female Mind

May 9, 2022
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The musical’s book, lyrics, and score are strong enough to warrant productions elsewhere.

Book Review: The Fascinating Story of “The Method”

May 8, 2022
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Isaac Butler’s stories about The Method’s effect on American film acting are insightful, particularly when he recounts how actors could be either inspired or angered when they embraced it.

Film Commentary: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — The Most Serene Movie in Years

May 7, 2022
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This movie reminds us that — if there is any meaning to life at all — it’s what you bring to it, not what it brings to you.

Jazz Album Review: Manel Fortià Trio’s “Despertar” — Intelligently Lyrical

May 7, 2022
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Manel Fortià’s album of his Spanish-tinged compositions is meant to wake us up to what the bassist can do.

Book Review: Thomas Mann in America

May 5, 2022
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In the US, Thomas Mann tacitly proposed himself as an almost messianic figure, stately, dramatic, and wrathful at once, striding forth to represent German culture in exile and, increasingly, free Germany itself.

Television Review: “WeCrashed” — A Not-So-Funny Dark Comedy About Capitalism Run Aground

May 5, 2022
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The show never grapples with the casualties of corporate crashes because it would mean critiquing a system that is making a lot of people at the top rich (looking at you, Apple).

Theater Review: “Ain’t Misbehavin’” — The Joint is Really Jumpin’

May 4, 2022
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This sizzling production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ is one of those one-of-a kind of experiences that we all long for in the theater.

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