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“Howl” was one of the hardest things Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has ever made. We knew weren’t going to make another album like it unless the spirit really demanded the songs — it raised the bar rather high.
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Because NYFF’s “Revivals” supplement showcases new restorations, the expectation is that these movies, including art films from around the world, should become more widely available down the road.
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“After the Hunt” churns up issues that feel several years behind the curve (hello 2007 and Harvey Weinstein).
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This week’s poem: Jim Dunn’s “The Ballad of Bailability”
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This is far from a conventional sports drama: it is a study of a man’s struggle for sense of personal worth and relevance
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Two new non-fiction books offer important information for young readers — about the fight for reading and learning about their bodies.
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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The Junction Trio offered the coolest show in town — an afternoon of experimental music that highlighted their virtuosity as individual players and as a unit.
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“The Endless Week” is a brave, uneven, at times brilliant swathe of prose. Experimental? For certain. Perhaps the only way to write an Internet novel is by looking from the inside out.
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Jennifer Ann Redmond’s sympathetic approach to Diana Barrymore’s disastrous life is valuable because it rejects the poor-little-rich-girl tropes. She was more than a debauched debutante or fallen starlet.
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Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else