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Book Review: Risk, Rebellion, and Regret — Larry Charles Tells All in “Comedy Samurai”

September 14, 2025
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Larry Charles is by every standard a seminal figure in contemporary humor, on the tube and in movie theaters. Why doesn’t everyone know his name

Book Review: A Killing with Everything But a Body – “Murder in the Dollhouse”

September 13, 2025
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There is a moral to this story, besides the obvious one, that murder is a horrible crime whether the body is found or not. If there are wealthy women with weaknesses to exploit, predators will find them.

Film Review: “The Long Walk” — A Vicious But Timely Parable

September 13, 2025
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Audiences prefer that political messages be buried under heaps of horror, but this film may be extreme enough to alert some viewers to look beneath the bloody spectacle.

Film Review: “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” – A Crowning Achievement

September 12, 2025
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The concluding chapter in the Downton Abbey saga is a classy and entertaining multileveled melodrama that features excellent production values and a script with a light touch.

Television Review: “The Paper” — A First Draft in Need of Revision

September 12, 2025
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This is a light, diverting show, well-suited as background fodder, but unlikely to garner the same following as “The Office” or “Parks and Recreation.”

Film Review: “Spinal Tap II” — Aging Rockers, Fading Laughs

September 11, 2025
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This is another visit to the world of Spinal Tap. I had some good laughs, and that might be enough.

Book Review: “James Baldwin: A Love Story” — An Intimate Biography

September 11, 2025
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We have a biography that reads like a novel in its range and intensity, a biography that forces us to dig deeper into our own preconceived prejudices and understand another man — a famous writer — in ways that neither he nor we might have ever thought possible.

Doc Talk: Camden International Film Festival — Dreams Good, Bad, and Impossible

September 10, 2025
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Several films in this year’s festival explore the nature of dreams and the people who are driven by them.

Film Review: “The Long Walk” — In Homicidal Lockstep

September 10, 2025
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The movie version of “The Long Walk” doesn’t follow Stephen King’s narrative exactly, but it remains true to the spirit of the novel. Which means it is just as harrowing an experience.

Festival Review: A Somewhat Soggy Seisiun at Suffolk Downs

September 9, 2025
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The Pogues leaned on their instrumental breadth when they took the Suffolk Downs stage as an 11-piece ensemble augmented at times by guest singers and a three-piece horn section.

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