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Video Game Review: “The Séance of Blake Manor” — As Creepy as it is Cozy

December 9, 2025
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What really sets “The Séance of Blake Manor” apart from other games in the genre is its meticulous world building and research.

Film Review: “Wake Up Dead Man — A Knives Out Mystery” — Holy Murder

December 9, 2025
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This well-done mystery supplies an insightful look at how money, politics, and religion have become intertwined—and where that may be taking us.

Book Reviews: “In a Distant Valley” and “A Chance Meeting” — Distinctively American Characters

December 8, 2025
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Two uniquely American books that will give you unexpected pleasures just when you need them most.

Film Review: “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie” – Matt and Jay’s Excellent Adventure

December 7, 2025
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True to its name, “Nirvanna the Band The Movie” is bigger and crazier than anything Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol have ever conceived of, a feat of gonzo filmmaking that would make Werner Herzog sweat.

Film Review: “Reflection in a Dead Diamond” — James Bond Manqué

December 6, 2025
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It’s a bad sign that such an entertaining and visually stunning film, shot in CinemaScope, couldn’t play in theaters in this country.

Book Review: “Razzle Dazzle” Minus Some of the Sparkle — John Lahr Profiles the Stars, and Himself

December 6, 2025
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If John Lahr could learn, even in his eighties, to cut back on his own self-adoration and stop being so damned star struck, the razzle in his profiles would dazzle all the more.

Jazz Album Reviews: A Roundup of Recent Recordings

December 5, 2025
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New albums from Billy Hart, Phil Haynes & Free Country, Pat Thomas, Kalia Vandever, and the Webber/Morris Big Band.

AT DOC NYC: A Filmmaker’s Farewell to a Friend, Flophouse Vérité, and the Fight for “Female Viagra”

December 4, 2025
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A trio of good documentaries: Benita, Flophouse America, and The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs and Who Has Control.

Book Review: “Corrections At Work” — – Practical Reforms for Correctional Officers, Sidestepping Abolition

December 4, 2025
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When it comes to the aberrant conditions in today’s jails and prisons, concerns such as how corrections officers are regarded by their superiors in the system, the media, and the public are beside the point.

Jazz Album Review: Sun Ra and His Arkestra Live at The Left Bank — Cosmic Swing and Ragged Glory

December 3, 2025
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Sun Ra was often deliberately far out, as we used to say, and also joyously entertaining.

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