Review

Film Review: Hiroshima Non Amour

July 18, 2024
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There’s no Lubitsch in this “Touch”.

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Concert Review: Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival — Satisfaction for All

July 2, 2024
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Despite several great sets including Jason Isbell and Iris DeMent, Wilco stole its own show at Solid Sound with conceptual aplomb.

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Film Review: “The Devil’s Bath” — The Horror of Humanity

July 1, 2024
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“The Devil’s Bath” demands your full engagement; along with its primordial intensity, a great deal of subtle intelligence lies beneath its visceral surface.

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Visual Art Review: A Pioneering Woman Artist — Paula Modersohn-Becker, “Ich Bin Ich / I Am Me”

July 1, 2024
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This is the first US museum exhibition for Paula Modersohn-Becker, and one of the crucial shows to see in New York this summer.

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Classical Album Reviews: Avalon String Quartet and Decoda

July 1, 2024
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The debut album of Decoda, the first – and, so far, only – affiliate ensemble of Carnegie Hall, and a disc featuring a trio of works by two mid-century Chicago-based composers, Florence Price and Leo Sowerby.

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Classical Album Review: Alive and Conversational Performances of Mozart Symphonies

June 30, 2024
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Some solidly impressive Mozart — aside from the filler, fifteen minutes of mono-dynamic, schlocky medleys.

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Film Review: “MaXXXine” – The Fame Monster

June 29, 2024
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It really bums me out to tell you that “MaXXXine,” the much awaited final film in the “X” trilogy, is an underwhelming ending to an otherwise interesting nu-slasher series.

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Classical Album Reviews: Jordan Bak’s “Cantabile: Anthems for Viola” and Charles Martin Loeffler’s “Forgotten Sounds”

June 29, 2024
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 Two discs: Jamaican-American musician Jordan Bak celebrates music for the viola and a reconstruction of Charles Martin Loeffler’s abandoned Octet.

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Jazz Album Review: David Murray’s “Francesca” — Antic and Intense

June 28, 2024
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The music on David Murray’s” “Francesca” is both antic and intense; it’s played by a responsive and inventive quartet who sound like they are having considerable fun entertaining themselves.

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Book Review: “Big Fiction” — Is the Author Hive-Mind or Queen Bee?

June 28, 2024
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On closer inspection, Dan Sinykin’s notion of a “conglomerate author” is largely a fiction.

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