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Opera Album Review: A Splendiferous First Recording of an Opera by the Near-Legendary Composer Marin Marais

September 14, 2023
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Marin Marais, memorably enacted by Gérard Depardieu (and his son Guillaume) in the film “Tous les matins du monde,” proves a master of Baroque opera in this splendid recording.

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Doc Talk: Maine Attractions

September 14, 2023
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The vicious, virtual, voyeuristic, and vicarious are on view at this year’s Camden International Film Festival.

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Book Review: What Comes After Black Lives Matter?

September 14, 2023
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In this book, Cedric G. Johnson perceptively sees that our current emphasis on identity politics is a troublesome diversion in which various groups treat improvements as a zero-sum game.

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Film Festival Reviews: TIFF 2023 — Corruption and Cops

September 14, 2023
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Reviews of three films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival that draw connections between class, violence, and politics.

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Jazz Album Review: Eddie Henderson’s “Witness to History” — Veteran Talents

September 14, 2023
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These witnesses to history are no longer playing with the fire of their youth, but they exude the confidence, warmth, and sure instincts of veterans.

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Book Review: Annie Ernaux’s “The Young Man” — An Affair to Remember

September 13, 2023
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“I was in a dominant position, and I used the weapons of that dominance, whose fragility, in a romantic relationship, I nonetheless recognized.”

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Book Review: “Blood In The Tracks” — Bob Dylan’s Mystery Musicians

September 12, 2023
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“Blood In the Tracks” delivers a minor miracle: a host of fresh looks at the most (over)written about musician of our age.

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Opera Review: Tod Machover’s VALIS — Futuristic Sturm und Drang

September 12, 2023
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Let’s hope composer Tod Machover, Opera of The Future, and the Media Lab have more up their space-age sleeves.

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TV Review: “Wrestlers” – An intimate Look at Some Denizens of the Squared Circle

September 11, 2023
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Pro Wrestling Company Ohio Valley Wrestling is the little train that could and knows that it can.

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Jazz Album Review: Terell Stafford’s “Between Two Worlds” — A Spirited Rejoinder

September 11, 2023
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Trumpeter Terell Stafford never seems to be straining; he can be exuberant without sounding brassy.

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