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Concert Review: Shadows, Synths, and Sweat — The Black Queen in Full Force

May 24, 2026
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A decade after “Fever Daydream,” the band’s return transforms moody electronics into a surging, physical spectacle.

Film Review: “I Love Boosters” — Stealing Style, Seizing Power

May 24, 2026
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Boots Riley fuses anti-capitalist critique with surrealist comedy, imagining revolt as both necessity and joy.

Classical Album Review: Beyond “East Meets West” — Anne-Sophie Mutter’s Crosscurrents

May 24, 2026
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Anne-Sophie Mutter’s latest album sidesteps easy binaries, pairing Widmann’s mercurial Beethoven study with works by Chin, Darvishi, and Adès in performances of striking authority.

Book Review: Not with a Crash but a Siege — The Real Story of Constantinople’s Fall

May 24, 2026
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Anthony Kaldellis recasts the fall of Constantinople as a long process of attrition, shaped by strategy, fear, and the limits of Western indifference.

Book Review: “Defending the Music” – A Bracing Voice from a Bolder Critical Age

May 23, 2026
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This substantial collection of the writings of classical music critic Michael Steinberg evokes a time when critics educated, provoked, and helped build cultural life.

Concert Review: The Renaissance String Quartet and the Sounds of Friendship

May 22, 2026
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A compelling program of Donald Hass, Florence Price, and Brahms reveals ensemble precision and deeply felt musical dialogue.

Television Review: Apple TV’s “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed” Delivers Anxiety, Not Ecstasy

May 22, 2026
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 Tatiana Maslany anchors a cluttered but compulsively watchable thriller about cam culture, murder, and a very stressed-out mom.

Jazz Album Reviews: Live Sets from Four Modern Masters

May 21, 2026
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Archival releases document the contrasting styles and shared brilliance of pianist Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Thelonious Monk, and Cecil Taylor on the bandstand.

Book Review: “Sounds Like Trouble to Me” — The Damage Prisons Do

May 21, 2026
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Jean Trounstine’s debut blends hard-won insight with high drama in a prison story of guilt, resistance, and survival.

Film Review: “Friend” or Foliage?

May 21, 2026
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Visually beguiling, “Silent Friend” may probe the mysteries of consciousness, but it has little on its mind.

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