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Film Review: “Malcolm & Marie” — Who’s Afraid of Sam Levinson?

February 12, 2021
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This film offers a much more nuanced and self-reflective conversation about authorship, authenticity, creative inspiration, and the role of film criticism than any of its detractors are willing to admit.

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Film Review: “French Exit’ — In This Absurdist Romp a Diva Makes a Grand Exit

February 12, 2021
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Defiant and tonally offbeat, French Exit mirrors, in a sense, its female protagonist, who doesn’t give a damn what the world thinks of her.

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Film Review: Virtual Sundance 2021 — Let Corporations Chase the Crowd Pleasers — Here’s the Real Stuff

February 11, 2021
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Sundance’s strengths for me this year (as in the past) were the festival’s documentaries.

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Theater Feature: Eggtooth Productions’ “Stagehand” — Game-Theater Takes CyberStage

February 11, 2021
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What will the response be to this innovative marriage of Zoom theater and video gaming? Some viewers will welcome the mash-up, others will not.

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Television Review: “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” — As Upsetting as it is Fascinating

February 10, 2021
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Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel makes for a gripping watch, one of Netflix’s finest true crime documentary series.

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Book Review: “Fabrications” — A Collection of the Lies We Tell

February 10, 2021
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Few writers can generate as much tension in so few pages as Pamela Painter.

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Film Interview: Gillian Wallace Horvat on “I Blame Society”

February 9, 2021
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“Everybody in this industry right now is looking for like, female beards to rescue them, but that’s not what we’re here for.”

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Book Review: “Art and Faith” — Creating Revelatory Beauty

February 9, 2021
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Art and Faith should be widely read — its delightful wisdom and clarity underlines our culture’s desperate need to make things new.

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Classical Album Review: Chamber Orchestra of New York plays Ottorino Respighi’s “Concerto all’antica” and “Ancient Airs and Dances, Suites nos. 1-3”

February 8, 2021
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There are some smartly colored and well-handled performances here, but it’s hard to get past the recording’s unsatisfactory acoustics.

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Film Review: “I Blame Society” — Bringing Out Your Inner Serial Killer

February 8, 2021
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I Blame Society may put off some enlightened neoliberals, but it is a fun little B-movie with killer insight and attitude to spare.

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