Review
Anna Webber’s latest disc of fascinating arrangements and complex sounds is nothing if not adventurous.
Will Hermes reveres Lou Reed’s music, and he expounds on his love in this voluminous, well-researched biography.
The show was proof that Queen + Adam Lambert are quite capable of mixing things up, even as they give everybody exactly what they’ve come to hear.
A concert whose music served as a prayerful elegy for a world spinning out of control.
Jack Kerouac’s best work is often driven by a hunger for spiritual nourishment: the soul food his protagonists occasionally find in friendships, in jazz, in oceanic moments of oneness.
Director Maggie Betts has much to keep in check – a courtroom drama and an exposé of corporate greed and racial politics in Mississippi.
Guitarist Steve Hackett honored the 50th anniversary of Genesis’ “Foxtrot,” yet this concert didn’t come across as just another night with a tribute band that sports a sole member of the original group.
As always, the New York Film Festival was a mix of art films that may never see general release with a few star-laden commercial movies angling for awards.
It’s hard to pick favorites, but here are my top films from this year’s London Film Festival.
Book Review: “Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class”
Dan Canon provides not only the statistics but powerful stories to demonstrate the extent to which plea bargaining has bankrupted the justice system
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