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Panah Panahi’s film is a powerful ode to the will to escape a restrictive society — and to tell stories.
I am not sure where the track titles come from, but I am guessing the problems the band had getting together under Covid must have something to do with them.
Like the films of the 2000s, Senior Year is filled with chuckles but eschews substance.
Nazareno is bright, often joyous, and easy on the ears. That ought to count for something.
As the age of Covid-19 finally wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. Please check with venues when uncertain whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Violinist Lea Birringer’s performance of the Christian Sinding selections are impressive. Her Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, though, is missing drive, excitement, and passion.
Personable but bracing, Sea Sick delivers an essential message: not only about the damage that is being done to the oceans, but the horrors that are coming down the pike.
By exploring the historical and artistic significance of cruising throughout poetry, photography, and visual culture, the book produces a rich and exciting topography of queer culture that posits a reflexive relationship of vicarious cruising between “cruising texts” and their consumers.
What could have been a fantastic twenty-minute short becomes a tedious slog as a stretched-out feature.
Music Commentary: The Gershwin Prize and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame — Selling Out Quality for Profit
Both the Gershwin Prize and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame exist to glorify popular song. Both, in fairly short order, relaxed their initial high artistic standards.
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