Review
Fun may seem like a relative term for a singer who performs fragile, melancholy songs in dim stage light and doesn’t allow photographers, though cell phones rose like stars in her galaxy to record videos.
Looks at new music from Joel Ross, Al Foster, John Vanore & Abstract Truth, Tomeka Reid Quartet, and John Ellis & Double Wide.
Stealing the future and concealing the theft — capitalism’s method, which, according to this well-argued book, is incompatible with sustaining the global climate and democracy.
The film’s intellectual friskiness is everywhere, and at times it takes centerstage at the expense of the story.
Director Tony Estrella’s version of Ibsen’s tragedy smooths out an energetic path — the action moves along with compelling alacrity.
Reviews of “Josephine,: the film that won Sundance’s top award for 2026 and of “Aanookibijigan” and “The Gallerist”.
This hybrid narrative laces romantic adventure with a bit of horror, the supernatural, and mathematical derring-do—all within an increasingly realistic depiction of the times and of the people who survived them.
Richard Hell is the only New York artist of the past fifty years to give Lou Reed and Patti Smith a run for their money.
“Sirāt” is a heart-stopping, surreal reflection of our contemporary moment.
Steve Reich’s 1976 minimalist masterpiece, performed by Ensemble Signal, was a special event to see and hear live.
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