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Television Review: “Gentleman Jack” — Even More Spellbinding in Season Two

April 25, 2022
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The emphasis isn’t on gratuitous sensuality: Gentleman Jack’s throes of passion are designed to reveal more about the psychological makeup of its characters.

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Book Review: “How I Survived a Chinese ‘Reeducation’ Camp” — A Desperately Needed View of China

April 25, 2022
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It is invaluable for the world to have an in-depth account from someone who passed through the Xinjiang re-education system and was brave enough to tell the tale.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “Russian Doll” Cracks Open

April 23, 2022
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Russian Doll’s script still crackles with dark, cynical hilarity, and New York is still the gritty, gorgeous backdrop, the city where, clearly, anything can happen.

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At the Full Frame Festival: “Chernobyl Before and After” — and Two Takes on Disability

April 22, 2022
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Be prepared to be shocked. But also be prepared for a horror story that is far worse than what was reported at the time — but not as bad as it could have been.

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Film Review: “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” – (Nicolas Cage Bares All, But Keeps Most of His Clothes On)

April 22, 2022
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Oddball and entertaining comedy-drama-thriller is a Nic Cage fanboy’s dream

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Book Review: “Every Good Boy Does Fine” — A Career in Music, Elucidated With Brilliance

April 21, 2022
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Pianist Jeremy Denk is a sensitive and articulate polymath who can elucidate his ideas about music with wit, humor, and style.

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Film Review: “The Northman” – A Violent Viking Saga Lights Up the Night

April 20, 2022
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The Northman is not going to make it onto my 2022 Top 10 list, but neither will it be relegated to the status of something I’m not interested in seeing again.

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Rock Album Review: The Gravel Project — An Impressive Musical Reach

April 20, 2022
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The Gravel Project respects its roots, but its new album demonstrates how a band can honor its influences without being smothered by them.

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Theater Interview: John Bell on Bread and Puppet’s Staging of Aeschylus’s “The Persians”

April 19, 2022
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“The play challenges us to think about those we consider our enemies, and to think of them with compassion and understanding.”

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Jazz Album Review: Ornette Coleman — Very Much the “Genesis of Genius”

April 19, 2022
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Ornette Coleman turned to me and said, “You know, you can never really be out of tune. You are always in tune with something.”

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