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Film Review: “Nomadland” — “Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost…”

Fern may be house-less, but she’s not homeless — there’s a difference, she explains; her home will be the road, and the road is full of life, love, challenges, and surprises, all there for the taking.

By: Ezra Haber Glenn Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Chloé Zhao, Ezra Haber Glenn, Nomadland

Film Review: “MLK/FBI” — A Necessary Cautionary Tale

A powerful document about the persecution of an American icon and the government that tried to destroy him.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Martin Luther King Jr., MLK/FBI, Sam Pollard

Book Review: “World of Wonders” — A Natural Counter to the Chaos of Our Political Moment

These essays aren’t overly scientific; instead, they remind us, with a gentle nudge, to take delight in nature, to pay attention to it, to be observant.

By: Patrick Conway Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Milkweed Editions, Patrick Conway, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies Whale Sharks and Other Astonishments

Film Review: “Pieces of a Woman” — “They give birth astride of a grave…”

Pieces of a Woman is an affecting film about the depths of mourning highlighted by Vanessa Kirby’s gut-wrenching lead performance.

By: Nicole Veneto Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Kornél Mundruczó, Pieces of a Woman, Shia LaBeouf, Vanessa Kirby

Film Review: “Herself” — “Safe as Houses”

While the film is determinedly called “Herself “(“you got this, girl…”), the subtitle could equally have been “It Takes a Village…”

By: Ezra Haber Glenn Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Claire Dunne, Ezra Haber Glenn, Herself, Phyllida Lloyd, Ruby Rose O'Hara

Film Review: Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place, Impeachment Edition — Stir-Crazy 14

Celebrate impeachment in your home with this critic’s fourteenth list of movies guaranteed to entertain.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: North Dallas Forty, Run Lola Run, The Trip, Why Shoot the Teacher, Wild Style

Classical Album Review: John Adams Orchestral Works

My Father Knew Charles Ives and Harmonielehre make an excellent pairing on the Nashville Symphony Orchestra’s new, all-Adams album led by music director Giancarlo Guerrero.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Review Tagged: Giancarlo Guerrero, Harmonielehre, John Adams Orchestral Works, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Naxos

Theater Review: “Days to Come” – Wanting to Say Too Much

Mint Theater Company’s choice to revive Days to Come is more intriguing than Lillian Hellman’s muddled play.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Days to Come, Lillian Hellman, Melissa Rodman, Mint Theater Company, Mint Theatre Company

Television Review: “Surviving Death” — Probing Death and the Great Beyond

Surviving Death’s balance between personal experiences and scientific theories makes the series unexpectedly provocative.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Surviving Death

Television Review: BBC’s “The Repair Shop” — Fiercely Amiable

BBC’s The Repair Shop is about hard work and mending battered psyches.

By: Jim Norton Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Jim Norton, The Repair Shop

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