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Film Retrospective: Conmen and Catastrophe — The Works of Béla Tarr and László Krasznahorkai

April 16, 2026
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A retrospective of four films by those two Hungarian artists unfolds as a monochromatic monolith of mud, misery, human folly, and inexorable corruption.

Theater Review: “When Playwrights Kill” — A Wickedly Funny Backstage Farce About Art, Ego, and Desperation

April 16, 2026
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In this high-energy comedy of creative frustration, history—and hubris—repeat themselves to hilarious effect.

Book Review: Wilhelm Furtwängler in Wartime – Reflections on Ian Buruma’s “Stay Alive”

April 16, 2026
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If there is a through-line consolidating Ian Buruma’s account, it is the admonition: Do not rush to judgment.

Book Review: Saints, Oysters, and the Weight of Melancholy in Nancy Lemann’s New Orleans

April 15, 2026
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I was surprised by how smoothly each book went down, with a little tingle of acidic satire lingering on the palate.

Poetry Review: William Lessard’s “/face” Maps the Human in a Digital Mirror

April 15, 2026
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By Michael Londra In ​/face, William Lessard examines how technology fragments identity, transforming our faces into data and design. /face by William Lessard. Kernpunkt Press, 100 pp, $18. Recently I saw Patti Smith perform her album Horses at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan. Filing in, a sign alerted me to the following: “Attention Customers: biometric identification…

Rock Album Review: Joe Jackson’s “Hope and Fury” — Wit, Weariness, and Musical Wanderlust

April 14, 2026
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Joe Jackson revisits familiar sounds with sardonic flair and surprising warmth on his most concise, eclectic album in years.

Book Review: “A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek” — The Ascent of Two Queer Outsiders

April 14, 2026
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For biographer Andrew Durbin, Peter Hujar and Paul Thek are historical figures from a lost era that he wants to discover on his own terms.

Television Review: Still Unfair, Still Funny: “Malcolm in the Middle” Redux Finds Its Rhythm

April 13, 2026
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A surprisingly heartfelt reboot that revives the show’s chaotic charm, even if some of the family sparks are missing.

Book Review: Gauri Gill’s “Acts of Appearance” — Photography as a Form of Care and Ritual

April 12, 2026
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Gauri Gill’s work is shaped by a dense visual language in which light, composition, and texture are not secondary elements but stand as active components of meaning.

Book Review: Ada Limón’s “Against Breaking” — Faith in Poetry or Faith as Poetry?

April 12, 2026
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In praising poetry’s power, Ada Limón leaves clarity—and craft—behind.

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