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Concert Review: Roxy Music — A Stylish Pioneer of Art-Rock Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

September 20, 2022
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Once the original Roxy Music core took the stage with their nine supporting musicians, most concerns melted into 100 sublime minutes of music.

Book Review: “The Color of Time: Women in History, 1850-1950” — The Past, Colorized

September 20, 2022
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This coffee table book scan of women’s history is visually striking and consistently informative.

Television Review: Disney’s Live-Action “Pinocchio” — A Necessary Remake

September 20, 2022
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There are cringe-worthy moments as well as scenes of mesmerizing beauty in Disney’s live-action Pinocchio. But I’ll go against the critical grain and argue, for several small reasons, and for one big one, that it was necessary to make it.

Film Review: “Don’t Worry Darling” — Land of the Living Dolls

September 19, 2022
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As a satire on the power of male-dominated corporations to manufacture consent and conformity, Don’t Worry Darling is devilishly amusing. Though credibility is not its strong suit.

Book Review: Colette’s “Chéri” and “The End of Chéri” — Tales of Love and Morality

September 19, 2022
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A superb new translation in one volume of the two Chéri novellas, regarded as Colette’s masterwork.

Theater Review: “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” — Dear Lord, Pray for Them

September 18, 2022
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It shouldn’t be surprising that Heroes of the Fourth Turning is monotonously ironic. No happy warriors for Christ here.

Concert Review: My Morning Jacket — An Evening of Mystery, Majesty, and Murk

September 18, 2022
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The veteran band from Louisville, Kentucky, kicked into the millennium with a wild and woolly mix of Southern rock, alt-country, space-prog, and electro-funk that grew weirder over time.

At the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival — A Realistic Satire from Brazil, A Farce from Palestine

September 16, 2022
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At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, there were celebrities, studio premieres and plenty of films with modest budgets that vied for attention.

Poetry Review: Helena Minton’s “Paris Paint Box” — Filled with Delight and Wisdom

September 16, 2022
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Poet Helena Minton deserves our attention; her verse is grounded in a close observation of nature and a love of language.

Concert Review: The High Standards of Michael Formanek’s Elusion Quartet

September 16, 2022
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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.

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