Commentary
“Resistance is futile. But resistance seems necessary.”
Berber guitarist Omara “Bombino” Moctar proved that the gifts behind the fingers are still all that matters.
“They travel the world and have for years,” says Ellen Seeling, “sending the message that there are no women good enough to be in this organization.”
For the moment, it is refreshing to see how carefully the music is being recorded and packaged.
An organization dedicated to making Boston a vibrant, contemporary art city.
At this time in the Boston jazz scene, there are no ongoing spaces for big bands and, predictably, the number of such ensembles has shrunk.
Having a father in prison meant radical changes in our everyday lives.
It never occurs to him that, by championing just the great works of Western Civilization and consigning pop culture (notably science-fiction) to the flames, he’s exercising his own pernicious brand of censorship.
In the end, Philip Roth produced the greatest body of work in the 20th century since William Faulkner and Saul Bellow and I.B. Singer.
Film Commentary: “The King” and The King
Eugene Jarecki’s ramshackle, occasionally provocative, and frequently entertaining documentary on Elvis Presley gets some things wrong.
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