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“Then, as now, my focus was on the songs. As long as you can keep your focus on the art that you’re doing, the larger thing it can serve – selling records or whatever – that’ll happen on its own.”
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Prickly and polemical tunes are surrounded by some of the most enjoyable music Van Morrison has made in years.
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The documentary strikes a remarkably rich vein, covering not only music, fashion and a late-1970s social critique, but also matters of race, class, gender, mental health and spirituality.
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Bottom line: these are excellent performances and a valuable documentation of Elliott Carter’s early work.
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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A Reckoning in Boston demonstrates that fifty years after the bussing-era failures to improve the lives of Black people, there is, in James Rutenbeck’s telling words, “No justice, no truth, no reconciliation.”
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If you love fiction you should devote several hours to watching Hemingway. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick have brought a special tenderness to this series, something deeper and more compelling than previous Burns documentaries.
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An exciting, subversive idea animates TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever.
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Dedicated to experimentation and creative collaboration, Promises delivers an otherworldly, dreamlike experience.
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Cultural Commentary: “Dogefather” Elon Musk on SNL – Banking on the Irony of the Rich
“Fate loves irony” opines the billionaire. Will we be in on the joke, or left out in the cold?
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