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Film Review: “Don’t Look Up” — A Pitch-Dark Satire that Dares to be Impudently Pessimistic

January 4, 2022
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The knee-jerk, hateful reviews of Don’t Look Up possess comments so outsized, and so beside the point, that they bear a resemblance to the oblivious thinking of the movie’s anti-science ostriches.

Book Review: “Drawing the Line” — How to Respond to “Immoral” Artists

January 4, 2022
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Drawing the Line is grounded in the work of ethicists and psychologists. Its prose is clear and its arguments systematic. But every avenue of investigation only opens up another pathway that ends as a cul-de-sac or doubles back on itself.

Book Review: #ClassicalMusicSoWhite? — How It Got That Way and What to Do About It

January 3, 2022
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Joseph Horowitz’s short, punchy, well-sourced, and compulsively readable book argues for bringing back the forgotten works of important Black composers.

Special Feature: Quotes for the New Year

January 2, 2022
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Some quotes to keep in mind for the New Year.

Film Review: “Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time” — Satiric Fury, with a Dry Midwestern Chuckle

January 1, 2022
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The documentary supplies plenty of deserved admiration for its haggard but gentle subject, but it doesn’t tell us enough about the enduring value of Kurt Vonnegut’s writing.

Film Review: Tracking the Snow Leopard — “The Velvet Queen”

December 31, 2021
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The Velvet Queen, elegantly directed by Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier, is a vivid chronicle of an arduous journey, old-fashioned but visually high-tech.

Album Review: Arca — Getting Her KICKS

December 31, 2021
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The Kick album cycle drives home the essence of Arca’s musical vision: constant, relentless transformation.

Theater Review: “The Christmas Revels 2021” — As Usual, Rising in Song

December 31, 2021
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Once again,under challenging circumstances, the Revels cast and crew has pulled off a rousing good show.

Arts Feature: Favorite Stage Productions of 2021

December 30, 2021
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Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions in a year mangled by COVID.

Children’s Book Review: “The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol” — Superficial Scorcery

December 28, 2021
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Is it at all remotely important to know how gift-giving became a Hanukkah tradition in America?

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