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Jazz Album Review: David Murray’s “Francesca” — Antic and Intense

June 28, 2024
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The music on David Murray’s” “Francesca” is both antic and intense; it’s played by a responsive and inventive quartet who sound like they are having considerable fun entertaining themselves.

Book Review: “Big Fiction” — Is the Author Hive-Mind or Queen Bee?

June 28, 2024
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On closer inspection, Dan Sinykin’s notion of a “conglomerate author” is largely a fiction.

Film Review: “Kinds of Kindness” – Yorgos Is as Good as Mine

June 27, 2024
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The latest film from Yorgos Lanthimos is a confusing mishmash of forced weirdness.

Visual Arts Review: Guillaume Guillon-Lethière — Reconsidering History

June 26, 2024
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Considering that none of Guillaume Guillon-Lethière’s history is familiar, absorbing this scholarly exhibition, which is accompanied by extensive labels and wall texts, is demanding.

Opera Album Review: A Devilishly Good First Recording for Louise Bertin’s “Fausto”

June 26, 2024
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Much praised by Berlioz and others, this Italian opera (composed for the great mezzo María Malibran) brings a notable female composer out of the shadows.

Doc Talk: New Spins on Plan B in “Flipside”

June 25, 2024
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A profound piece of director Chris Wilcha’s life was being disrespected and threatened with extinction. He had to do something. He had to make a documentary about it.

Film Reviews: Provincetown Film Festival 2024 — Where’s the Box Office?

June 25, 2024
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At this year’s festival: the Best Film of 2024, “We Strangers,” and a slew of gossipy docs on show business celebrities.

Book Review: Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist Robyn Hitchcock — A Man Who Never Left the ’60s

June 25, 2024
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This unconventional memoir suggests that music can do more than just change ideas or beliefs — it can transform minds, overhaul brains.

Book Review: “F*CK The Army” — Anti-War Entertainment

June 25, 2024
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The revolving cast members of the FTA road show were determined to reinforce the belief among members of the military that the Vietnam War was at best pointless and at worst criminally insane as well as murderous.

Film Reviews: “Gasoline Rainbow” and “Happy Campers” — Superior Summer Flicks Tinged with Loss

June 24, 2024
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Two films about the glories of summer are infused with bittersweet reminders of the reality of social class in America.

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