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Fatih Akin’s “Amrum” traces a boy’s quiet moral awakening as Nazi Germany falls, blending lyrical imagery with unsettling historical clarity
Rhiannon “Ritzy” Bryan on solo detours, storytelling onstage, and reigniting the band’s spark ahead of a Boston return.
Neige Sinno’s “Sad Tiger” turns a devastating childhood experience into a fearless, searching work of moral and psychological clarity.
Marjorie Garber’s case for poetry as resistance proves more fanciful than persuasive.
A new collection of Harold Bloom’s letters reveals a critic who found the heights of Western literature far more inviting than the “drab” reality of a Vermont forest.
Poet Adrian Matejka distills identity, anti-racist critique, political commentary, and literary history into rapid left-right-left punches, each landing hard.
Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
With chemistry forged on tour, the group fuses jazz, punk, and prog into a fluid live assault.
Curry Barker’s debut turns dating, consent, and loneliness into a bleak and deeply felt horror tragedy.
Film Commentary: “Cuckoo’s Nest” in the Age of Trump — Viewer Beware!
What happens when the rebel archetype outlives its ideals—and finds new, troubling champions.
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