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Besides Chainsaw Man’s abundant visual pleasures and uncompromising blend of ultra-violence and adolescent sexuality, one of its particular draws is that it’s a cinephile’s anime.
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Broadway is being subjected to a steady parade of Hollywood names parachuting into familiar titles, propped up by prestige directors and stratospheric ticket prices.
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The monster almost comes alive.
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There was little doubt that the singer owned every note with a pure sense of conviction — and community — that blew past rock-star trappings.
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Director Richard Linklater gets lyrical in “Blue Moon.”
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First-rate performances, including by a Norwegian orchestra and conductor plus superb international singers, make this one a winner.
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A trio of superb films that feature fierce women.
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“Stitching Freedom” sheds necessary and welcome light on the sick and damaging history and current state of incarceration in this country.
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Album Review/Commentary: John Scofield and Dave Holland — “Memories of Home,” and a Scofield Retrospective
If it is possible for people to express a deep personal regard for one another through musical collaboration, that is what happens between John Scofield and Dave Holland in their upcoming release.
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