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Jazz Album Review: Corina Bartra’s “Amber Light” — Unlistenable? Or Genius?

February 22, 2022
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Others may hear a painfully flawed Latin jazz album, but what I heard was a brilliant postmodern ironic jam session in the mode of Ornette Coleman. I’m probably wrong, but I don’t care, because this album is a blast.

Theater Review: “People, Places & Things” — Grappling with Addiction

February 21, 2022
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People, Places & Things memorably tackles the insidiousness of addiction.

Television Review: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” — Time for a New Set

February 21, 2022
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This season The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel must confront a considerable challenge — Midge must not be allowed to tell the same tired jokes as her male counterparts.

WATCH CLOSELY: HBO’s “Landscapers”

February 21, 2022
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Landscapers is a true crime series that compellingly weaves together dream and reality.

Book Review: “Crown & Sceptre” — A Quick Walk Through the British Monarchy

February 21, 2022
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Crown & Sceptre is generally amusing and it has the instructional benefit of helping readers keep the Williams, Henrys, Edwards, and Georges who have occupied the ancient throne straight.

Jazz Album Review: Oscar Peterson Quartet — “A Time for Love”

February 21, 2022
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Oscar Peterson always seemed at his best live, which is how we find the pianist in this beautifully recorded, newly issued set.

Film Reviews: Three Nervy Indies at the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival

February 20, 2022
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A trio of independent movies draw on sci-fi to explore the nooks and crannies of creativity.

Film Reviews: At the Berlin International Film Festival — Two Movies about Workers Under Assault

February 19, 2022
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Two stylistically different films in which workers are exploited and empowered.

Book Review: “Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail” — Prison Is Bad. Jail’s Worse.

February 18, 2022
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Indefinite argues that legitimate change in the way this country deals with people accused of breaking the law would have to begin with the recognition of their humanity.

Jazz Album Review: Avishai Cohen’s “Naked Truth” — Meditating on the Last Things

February 18, 2022
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To this listener, the quartet generates a drama of gradual enlightenment, as if extroversion signified some sort of illumination.

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