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Film Review: “Godzilla Minus One” — Much More than a Monster Movie

December 2, 2023
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The heart, intelligence, and the artistry of “Godzilla Minus One” makes it one of the best kaiju films ever made.

Children’s Book Reviews: Revisiting Fables and Fairy Tales

December 2, 2023
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A new interpretation of an old fable and a newly reissued fairy tale provide delightful reading for kids — and perhaps good holiday gifts as well.

December Short Fuses — Materia Critica

December 1, 2023
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

Book Review: Ella Fitzgerald — A Sublime American Songstress

December 1, 2023
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Biographer Judith Tick is reverent about the singer without falling into hagiography: with honest scrutiny, she asserts the enduring value of Ella Fitzgerald’s achievement for generations to come.

Book Review: You May Get Lost in “Death Valley”

November 28, 2023
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Melissa Broder’s new novel is as amusing as it is bewildering.

Book Review: “Pop Goes to the Movies” — All in the Needle Drop

November 28, 2023
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This volume is a study of what can happen when two art forms engage in a mutually beneficial conversation.

Theater Review: “The Game’s Afoot” — Ploddingly

November 28, 2023
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Murder mystery and farce can coexist in the same play… for a time, at least. Eventually, the two will pull apart, however, as they do in this production.

Album Review: Mr. Joe Jackson Presents: Max Champion in “What a Racket!”

November 26, 2023
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If you’re brave enough to dip your toes into a musical unknown, there are pleasures a-plenty to be had in this recording, in which Joe Jackson takes us on what purports to be a musicological excavation of the works of a long-forgotten figure of the English Music Hall era.

Film Festival Review: DOC NYC – Families and Insects

November 25, 2023
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Three first-rate documentaries at DOC NYC that examine the crimes of the past and the fragility of the present.

Film Review: “Cade: The Tortured Crossing” — The Weird Uncle Crankery of Neil Breen

November 25, 2023
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Simply put, there’s nothing (and no one) out there quite like what Neil Breen is putting out into the world, and for that alone, we should be grateful.

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