Review

Album Review: “Letters From a Black Widow” — Stunning Missives

May 6, 2024
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A powerful performer and artist emerges in this ambitious album about being publicly ostracized and maligned — and coming back stronger.

Book Review: “Cold Nights of Childhood” — Impossible to Set Aside or Put Out of Mind

May 6, 2024
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What sets “Cold Nights of Childhood “wonderfully apart from today’s autofiction genre is the narrator’s absolute lack of self-pity. There is no blame-game, and no lugubrious victimhood.

Film Review: “I Saw the TV Glow” — Nostalgia Trap

May 5, 2024
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“I Saw the TV Glow” is nothing short of astonishing, a defining moment in queer cinema in the making and proof positive that Jane Schoenbrun is one of our generation’s most needed filmmakers.

Film Review: “Nowhere Special” — Searching for a Heart of Gold

May 4, 2024
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The relationship between the two leads keeps Nowhere Special grounded in what is the film’s moving core — a high-stakes love story between a father and a son.

Film Review: “The Old Oak” — Still Standing Tall

May 4, 2024
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Veteran British director Ken Loach turns over a new leaf in “The Old Oak”.

Film Review: “Challengers” — Match Point

May 4, 2024
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“Challengers” is an exploration of eroticism in the broadest sense: the eroticism of competition, the sensuality of sport, and the messiness of human relationships.

Visual Arts Review: “Munch and Kirchner: Anxiety and Expression” — More Than Melancholic

May 3, 2024
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Yes, Munch and Kirchner were into angst; but they were also artists of great energy, talent, and daring, who found new ways of working and did much to shape the direction and force of modern art.

Theater Review: “A Strange Loop” — An Exhilarating Musical Loop-de-Loop

May 2, 2024
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This superb Speakeasy Stage Company/Front Porch Collective co-production is emotionally charged and immediate, intent on keeping the material fresh and raw.

Concert Review: Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra — An Admirable Balancing Act

May 2, 2024
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The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra is  a rare gem in the already star-studded crown of European ensembles.

Theater Review: “Clue” on Tour — Silly Stuff Done Well

May 1, 2024
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“Clue,” a whodunit board game-based comedy, rolled the dice and found success by bypassing Broadway and going directly on tour.

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