Review
This little-seen film, disturbing, uncompromising, often darkly funny, should be recognized as one of the most original American independent films of this century.
Two films look at the hardships and realities of rural life, past and present, at the New York Film Festival.
Despite some missteps and miscasting bumps along the way, this staging faithfully captures playwright August Wilson’s searing poetic vision.
While impressive, Life Magazine and the Power of Photography disappoints.
In James Gray’s new film, the tragedy and pain behind Jewish assimilation lurks just out of frame.
Based on the YA series by Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil offers little that is new about the adventures of discontented adolescents.
Two stirring dramas hit Broadway, one weightier than the next
“Samuel Beckett’s work speaks to me because he’s a very visceral writer. And, because I have training as a clown, I think of him as a natural clown.”
Yes, an ingeniously kaleidoscopic surface, but is there anything here, in terms of motivation, to justify all the fuss?
Classical Critic’s Notebook: Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2
Whatever Rachmaninoff’s conflicted feelings about writing symphonies were, there’s nothing ambiguous about the content of his Second Symphony. From start to finish, it’s a marvel of melodic freshness and brilliant instrumentation.
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