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Film Review: Is “A House of Dynamite” Escapist Entertainment?

October 14, 2025
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Maybe “A House of Dynamite” wants to tantalize us with a nightmare from which there is no escape in order to distract us, briefly, from the ongoing disasters that we are compelled to face and overcome.

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Concert Review: With Perfect Timing, Steve Hackett Bites into Genesis’s “Lamb”

October 14, 2025
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One of the best things about the 40-minute selection from “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” that stood at the center of guitarist Steve Hackett’s near-three-hour show was its focus on the music without visual bolstering.

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Book Review: “Lion Hearts” — Dan Jones Brings His Essex Dogs Saga to a Stirring Close

October 14, 2025
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Novelist Dan Jones excels in re-imagining the life of common people in wartime, in particular a small group of English fighters embroiled in the so-called Hundred Years War (1337–1453) between England and France.

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Book Review: “We the People” — When Constitutional Crisis Meets Narrative Excess

October 14, 2025
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Ultimately, all of the digressions, anecdotes, and mini-profiles in “We The People” seem like an avoidance mechanism whose purpose is to steer clear of a constitutional crisis that is too painful to face.

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Poetry Review: “On the Slaughter” — Brilliant, Personal Translations of the National Poet of Israel

October 14, 2025
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If there ever was anyone to handle Hayim Nahman Bialik’s broad, impressive, and impressionistic craft with the acute passion, it is scholar and poet Peter Cole.

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Theater Review: “Eleanor” — Personal Turmoil Overshadows Political Legacy

October 13, 2025
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The script focuses on the internal struggles that made Eleanor Roosevelt an uncomfortable wife, rather than taking a deeper dive into the moral and progressive vision that made her such an admirable first lady.

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Television Review: Gender, Grit, and Glamour — Netflix’s “The New Force” Puts a Welcome Spin on the Cop Genre

October 12, 2025
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While not without its flaws, the series proves that traditional TV cop drama can be given a new spin, and it is especially gratifying when the innovation involves kick-ass women.

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Concert Review: Jonathan Cohen and Handel and Haydn Society Explore the Operatic Dimensions of Handel’s “Saul”

October 12, 2025
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“Saul “may be an oratorio, but it’s about as operatic as one can get.

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Film Review: “Orwell: 2+2=5” — Big Brother Is Here

October 11, 2025
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Director Raoul Peck, like his subject George Orwell, encourages critical thinking and urges us to consider how best to resist the strengthening forces of tyranny.

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Toronto Film Festival: “Nuns vs. The Vatican” — Courage, Cover-Ups, and Calls for Accountability

October 10, 2025
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“Nuns vs. The Vatican” prepares its audience for an ongoing story that is expanding each time one more victim agrees to talk publicly. Do not doubt that there will be a sequel.

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