Review
A lot of history is jammed into this book, but the author manages to ruminate in an informative and engrossing way on 50-plus years of pop music.
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Anna Deveare Smith’s examination of racism in America remains powerful, 30 years on.
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Historian Katherine Harvey’s well-researched and lively book shows that in the Middle Ages lust had its way. Big time.
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As with many horror and action films (and probably much of real life), the build-up is better than the eventual resolution/climax.
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This year the Camden International Film Festival, which may be the finest documentary film festival in New England, examines the importance of place.
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Reboot is a razor-sharp sitcom about the world of sitcoms and represents Steven Levitan’s triumphant return to comedy.
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What we have here is the voice of one trying to navigate, endure, rise above, and somehow pacify a tapestry of cruelty and grief, while it struggles to find the words and voice that will do the work.
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The U.S. and the Holocaust leaves a vital question unanswered: Is this the kind of nation we want to live and worship in?
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Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. would have been wise to stick to being a conventional mockumentary, a sardonic deconstruction of its target, the megachurch.
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WATCH CLOSELY: Post-Emmy Recommendations
Television is the new art cinema, chock full of superb examples of storytelling across multiple genres.
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