Review
To hear free music so beautifully contained and expressed in such inventive forms isn’t unheard of (Henry Threadgill? Vijay Iyer? Wadada Leo Smith?). But bassist Michael Formanek has his own way.
A new documentary artfully and excitingly suggests what made David Bowie tick.
Emmanuel Carrère’s novel powerfully satirizes intellectual pretension but at the expense of engaging storytelling.
At its best, Steve Reich’s Conversations is illuminating and engaging, an honest discussion of the creative process by one of the major composers of our times.
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.
Anna Deveare Smith’s examination of racism in America remains powerful, 30 years on.
Historian Katherine Harvey’s well-researched and lively book shows that in the Middle Ages lust had its way. Big time.
As with many horror and action films (and probably much of real life), the build-up is better than the eventual resolution/climax.
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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