Review

Film Review: Driving to the Exit – Panah Panahi’s “Hit the Road”

May 17, 2022
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Panah Panahi’s film is a powerful ode to the will to escape a restrictive society — and to tell stories.

Jazz Album Review: Ches Smith’s “Interpret It Well” — Confident Improvisations

May 17, 2022
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I am not sure where the track titles come from, but I am guessing the problems the band had getting together under Covid must have something to do with them.

Album Review: Omar Apollo’s “Ivory” — Making Good on His Promise

May 16, 2022
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Ivory is at its best when Omar Apollo fully commits to taking adventures into different sonic spaces.

Television Review: “Senior Year” — A Mindless Trip Down Memory Lane

May 16, 2022
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Like the films of the 2000s, Senior Year is filled with chuckles but eschews substance.

Classical Music Review: Osvaldo Golijov’s “Nazareno”

May 15, 2022
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Nazareno is bright, often joyous, and easy on the ears. That ought to count for something.

Classical Album Review: Violinist Lea Birringer plays Sinding and Mendelssohn

May 14, 2022
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Violinist Lea Birringer’s performance of the Christian Sinding selections are impressive. Her Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, though, is missing drive, excitement, and passion.

Theater Review: “Sea Sick” — How Damned Is the Ocean?

May 14, 2022
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Personable but bracing, Sea Sick delivers an essential message: not only about the damage that is being done to the oceans, but the horrors that are coming down the pike.

Book Review: “The Poetics of Cruising” — Imaginative Acts of Capture

May 13, 2022
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By exploring the historical and artistic significance of cruising throughout poetry, photography, and visual culture, the book produces a rich and exciting topography of queer culture that posits a reflexive relationship of vicarious cruising between “cruising texts” and their consumers.

Film Review: “The Automat” — A Documentary Love-In to the Restaurant Chain

May 13, 2022
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What could have been a fantastic twenty-minute short becomes a tedious slog as a stretched-out feature.

Visual Arts Review: BarabásiLab — Where Art and Technology Meet, Beautifully

May 13, 2022
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This BarabásiLab exhibition is inspiring because it exemplifies a powerful integration of art and technology.

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