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Rock Album Review: David Bowie’s “Toy” — Perusing His Back Pages

February 15, 2022
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David Bowie’s Toy is a solid, enjoyable, and buoyant effort from an artist who never failed to stay interesting and vital well into his later years.

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Film Review: “Margrete, Queen of the North” — One Matriarch, One Scandinavia

February 14, 2022
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This is an opulent and ambitious historical drama, as attentive to small intimate scenes as it is to grandiose action sequences.

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Opera Review: “Iris,” A Powerful Vision of an Imaginary Japan — Six Years Before “Madama Butterfly”

February 14, 2022
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The composer of Cavalleria rusticana brought his sense for characterization and drama to the all-too-plausible tale of a woman victimized by a cad.

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Film Review: “Munich: The Edge of War” — The Necessity of Resistance

February 13, 2022
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A suspenseful, finely-crafted historical thriller that reminds us that the triumph of evil depends on good men doing nothing.

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CD Review: Dave Bainbridge’s “To The Far Away” — Prog Rock with Passion

February 12, 2022
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For prog fans who consider that the proof of the pudding is long, complex songs with virtuosic solos and exotic instrumentation, no fear: To The Far Away is multi-textured and musically exciting.

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Rock Album Review: Mitski’s “Laurel Hell” — The Art of Exhaustion

February 10, 2022
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At times, Laurel Hell’s withering fatigue is directed at the clash between commodification and art.

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Visual Arts Review: Friction Among Minimalists

February 9, 2022
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Seeing Eleanor Antin’s 100 Boots all in one place is exciting — this work of “postal art” is still explosive. Fred Sandback’s minimalist pieces offer a quiet contrast.

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Film Reviews: Two Views from Ukraine at Sundance – Kids and Chaos

February 8, 2022
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With the eyes of the world on Ukraine right now, two films at Sundance came from that country, or what used to be that country.

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Opera Album Review: The Most Famous French Baroque Opera, Recorded at the Palace of Versailles

February 8, 2022
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Tenor Mathias Vidal shines, as does the period-instrument orchestra, in the rarely heard, trimmer version of 1761, on the Chateau’s own new award-winning label.

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Book Review: “Last Resort” — A Romp About Fiction, Riches, and Friendship

February 7, 2022
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Make what you will of this often page-turning confection, which if not particularly literary, may be a bunch of fun.

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