Review
The overall impression of this valuable exhibit is to remind us that religious conviction is by no means synonymous with conservatism.
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For all of “Suitable Flesh”’s indulgence in B-movie schlock and gross-out gore, the film’s pulsating sexuality becomes its strongest asset.
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Mocking the wealthy with a homicidal intrigue tossed in doesn’t always make for a fun watch.
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“Master Lovers” is written in a lucid, personable style, and the fictional scenes — David Winner’s recreations of history and imagined trysts — are deft, believable, and vividly imagined.
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In “On the Road,” Jack Kerouac voiced a longing to be “other.” He achieves this transfiguration in “Pic.”
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Newspapers are still our most reliable source of local journalism. Private equity, though, is squeezing the life out of newsrooms as greedy owners cash in.
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Author Mark Cantor has been the go-to guy for jazz film for decades: this authoritative book solidifies his position.
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When the identities of the guilty are finally revealed in this new season of a superb “True Detective,” it is terrifying and glorious.
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These pieces are an intellectual challenge to the listener as well as a sensual pleasure. They should send saxophonists back to the practice room.
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Book Review: “The Geography of the Imagination” — Longing for Something Lost
Touted as “perhaps the last great American polymath,” Guy Davenport had a singular mind; never was an artist more deserving of the MacArthur Foundation’s “genius grant.”
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