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Book Review: “In Memory of Memory” — Riven Recollections

March 31, 2021
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It is the loss of memories and the meaning of memory that dominate, generating speculations that draw the reader into and through Maria Stepanova’s argument and interpretations.

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Television Review: “Q: Into the Storm” — Idiot Wind

March 30, 2021
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The truth is, Q: Into the Storm is shockingly dull.

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Arts Remembrance: “Why Not Say What Happened” — Morris Dickstein’s Memoir About Living a Life of the Mind

March 29, 2021
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RIP Morris Dickstein, among the last of the generation of the New York School of Jewish intellectuals, scholar/critics of massive knowledge and intellect who came from humble backgrounds.

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Book Review: A Precarious Plenitude — “Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era”

March 29, 2021
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In this beautifully written, shrewdly researched, and artfully argued book, Matthew Rafalow contends that how teachers understand and regulate their students digital know-how has profound consequences.

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Book Review: Harold Bloom’s Final Testament to the Saving Power of Literature

March 28, 2021
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Here’s to the late Harold Bloom. Do yourself a favor. Get up early (or whenever) and read something that matters.

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Film Review: “Ammonite” — Stark Romanticism

March 27, 2021
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The experience of watching Ammonite may prove slightly unsettling for some viewers because there is so little cinematic artifice at work.

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Jazz Album Review: Nik Bärtsch’s “Entendre” — Zen Funk

March 27, 2021
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To my ears, the pieces in Entendre are fascinating, if not particularly funky.

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Opera Album Review: Rossini’s Splendid Passover Opera for Paris — “Moïse et Pharaon”

March 26, 2021
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Just in time for Passover: another fine world-premiere Rossini recording, the 1827 French version of his Moses-in-Egypt opera.

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Film Review: Berlin International Film Festival 2021 — a Promising Virtual Detour

March 26, 2021
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This was an improved edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, and a number of films seem poised to travel widely, despite being largely ignored by the US media.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Film (Part One)

March 26, 2021
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If you like your films “weird, sexually provocative, and intellectually stimulating” (add violence to the mix) then our critics will feed your appetite splendidly.

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