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Tim Jackson

Arts Commentary: Containing Multitudes — Five Shows Explore the Intersections of Identity and Performance

In dealing with the turmoil of ‘real’ life, the art of illusion found in cinemas, theaters, and museums will help us regain a sense of who we are as communal beings.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: and Things, Duncan Macmillan, El Father Plays Himself, Erving Goffman, Jorge Thielen Armand, People, Places, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Tim Jackson

Visual Arts Remembrance: Artist Ashley Bryan

Ashley Bryan was a remarkable artist and legendary figure in Maine and New York who passed away at the beginning of February.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Ashley Bryan, Tim Jackson

Book Review: All About Mel Brooks — By Mel Brooks

This is Mel Brooks’ warm and amusing love letter to his golden years in comedy.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Busines, Anne Bancroft, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Mel Brooks: All About Me

Film Review: “Cry Macho” — Not So Mucho Macho

Cry Macho is little more than nostalgia for the Old West of Hollywood.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Clink Eastwood, Cry Macho, Tim Jackson

Film Review: “Language Lessons” — Gained in Translation

The film catches the rhythms and vulnerabilities of real life when two worlds collide.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Language Lessons, Mark Duplass, Natalie Morales, Tim Jackson

Music Remembrance: Charlie Watts (1941-2021)

Watts’ relentlessly unembellished drive on dozens of classic songs, from “Satisfaction” and “Shattered” to “Connection,” is what makes them so danceable.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Rock Tagged: Charlie Watts, Tim Jackson

Film Review: “Summertime” — Poetry Collective

Despite the artificiality of Summertime’s premise, director Carlos López Estrada links the film’s episodes together via a kind of seamless magical realism: each moment smoothly leads to the next, each accelerates towards a powerful resolution.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Carlos López Estrada, Summertime, Tim Jackson

Book Review: “Brut: Writings on Art & Artists” — Proceed with Caution, But Proceed

These are not persuasive essays; rather, they are thought-provoking juxtapositions of facts, observations, and speculations — with a teleology.

By: Vincent Czyz Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Brut: Writings on Art & Artists, Harold Jaffe, Vince Czyz

Film Interview: RoxFilm’s Lisa Simmons — Embracing Cinematic Independence

“It is wonderful to see the variety, diversity, and the opportunities for Black artists to tell their stories and present themselves in ways that are not ‘traditional.'”

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Interview Tagged: Lisa Simmons, Roxbury International Film Festival, RoxFilm

Film Review: “A Quiet Place Part II” — Women Will Be Our Salvation

Survival is the primary motivation, and the film’s unrelenting series of unexpected attacks generate considerable tension.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: A Quiet Place Part II, Emily Blunt, John Krasinsky, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Tim Jackson

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