Tim Jackson

Music Interview: Singer Songwriter Robin Lane on a “Dirt Road to Heaven”

October 3, 2022
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Singer and songwriter Robin Lane talks about the genesis of her new album. She will be performing live around New England with a new ensemble.

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Film Review: “Blonde” — The Life of Marilyn Monroe, Art House Version

September 22, 2022
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Crucially, Blonde lacks a sense of joy. As Marilyn Monroe crumbles into an alcohol and drug haze, this expressionistic version of her life disintegrates into a succession of discomforting, sometimes laughable, scenarios.

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Film Review: “Fiddler on the Roof” — The Genesis of a Great Filmed Musical

June 9, 2022
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Daniel Raim’s Fiddler’s Journey to The Big Screen is a terrific documentary about the creation of the titular film.

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

March 16, 2022
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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.

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Visual Arts Remembrance: Artist Ashley Bryan

February 21, 2022
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Ashley Bryan was a remarkable artist and legendary figure in Maine and New York who passed away at the beginning of February.

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Book Review: All About Mel Brooks — By Mel Brooks

February 11, 2022
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This is Mel Brooks’ warm and amusing love letter to his golden years in comedy.

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

September 27, 2021
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Cry Macho is little more than nostalgia for the Old West of Hollywood.

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Film Review: “Language Lessons” — Gained in Translation

September 12, 2021
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The film catches the rhythms and vulnerabilities of real life when two worlds collide.

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Music Remembrance: Charlie Watts (1941-2021)

August 25, 2021
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Watts’ relentlessly unembellished drive on dozens of classic songs, from “Satisfaction” and “Shattered” to “Connection,” is what makes them so danceable.

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Film Review: “Summertime” — Poetry Collective

July 16, 2021
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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.

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