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Film Review: Frederick Wiseman’s “City Hall” — A Kinder, Gentler Government?

October 30, 2020
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City Hall is a quiet, unsentimental celebration of civility in its many forms.

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Book Review: “The Camera Lies: Acting for Hitchcock”  — The Art of Doing Nothing, Well

October 29, 2020
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Dan Callahan has crafted an entertaining and illuminating guide to understanding Hitchcock’s relationship with some of the most iconic actors of the day.

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Theater Feature: An Interview with Benny Sato Ambush on Directing the Virtual Reading of Anthony Clarvoe’s “The Living”

October 29, 2020
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“A play like The Living pricks the conscience of the country. It is the reason I wanted to produce and direct it.”

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Rock Album Review: Puscifer’s “Existential Reckoning” — Amusing Ourselves to Death

October 29, 2020
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Existential Reckoning confronts today’s lethal inanity in blistering fashion, via songs that posit dire consequences for a country that wants to be entertained more than wants to be informed.

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Folk Album Review: Fleet Foxes’ “Shore” — Finding Serenity in Anxious Times

October 28, 2020
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For Fleet Foxes, Shore is impressively consistent. Each track presents a meticulously detailed soundscapes deepened by Robin Pecknold’s varied meditative perspectives.

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Short Fuse Podcast #31 — The Show Must Go On(line)

October 28, 2020
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This episode is all about creativity and curiosity in the age of Covid. Listen in for a round up of some of the best arts and culture offerings available online.

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Film Review: “Rebecca” Remade — Pretty But Unnecessary

October 27, 2020
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What is the problem with this Rebecca? It is stunning to look at and well-crafted, but I sometimes felt as though the actors were striving for a tone more suitable to a film other than the one they were in.

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Film Review: “Borat II: Subsequent Moviefilm” — A Suitably Savage Satire

October 26, 2020
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Sacha Baron Cohen uncovers enough destructive inanity in Borat II to justify the savagery of its satire of American ignorance.

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Jazz Album Review: Keith Jarrett’s “Budapest Concert” — Crystalline Endgame

October 25, 2020
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My guess is that Keith Jarrett probably wasn’t satisfied with this performance. I wouldn’t change a note, a gesture, or a shading.

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Rap Album Review: Open Mike Eagle’s “Anime, Trauma, and Divorce” — Personal Matters

October 25, 2020
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Open Mike Eagle may have written this album for himself, but many others will recognize themselves somewhere in his words and in his pain.

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