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Three independent films got a bounce out of the New York Film Festival and could be coming to you soon.
If ever there was a musical act and a venue perfectly suited to each other, it would have to be the Wailin’ Jennys, the harmony-laden Canadian folk trio, and the Groton Hill Music Center.
“Baby Driver” is a book in the tradition of American road literature, but it moves at a distinctly different pace.
Varone and dancers made skillful use of some of the most luxurious movement vocabulary available in contemporary dance
The authors assembled in “Crimean Fig” demonstrate they are unafraid to speak up for Tatar language and culture, while simultaneously speaking out against Putin, unwilling to submit.
Knowing that artist Peter Hujar died of AIDS in 1987—one of countless casualties of a devastating epidemic that cut short so many artists’ lives—gives the film a sad, mortal urgency.
“The Seduction” is visually stunning but, even though it is the magnificently clothed French aristocracy, it all comes down to unremarkable people behaving badly.
Jazz Commentary: The Enduring Enigma of Chet Baker
I take a look back at the compelling documentary “Let’s Get Lost” because of the recently released “Chet Baker Performs and Sings: Swimming by Moonlight”, 15 unreleased studio recordings made by the trumpeter.
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