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Folk/Pop Album Review: “The Burnt Pines” — Seamless Cross-Cultural Chemistry

February 3, 2021
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This surprisingly seamless record belies its logistical shuffles and players’ cultural differences with a relaxed sonic identity.

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Film Review: “Psycho Goreman” – The Gory Adventures of Luke and Mimi

February 2, 2021
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A B-movie inspired horror-comedy, Psycho Goreman is a delightfully schlocky homage to entry-level, kid-centric horror films but with the sort of grotesque violence one would expect from a more adult-oriented movie.

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Film Review: “Censor” — “The Horror, the Horror…”

February 2, 2021
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Censor explores thought-provoking questions about the strange relationships between films, society, fantasy, and reality — and individual identity — in an increasingly mediated and violent world.

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Rock Album Review: Viagra Boys’ “Welfare Jazz” — Macho Bluster, Satirized

February 2, 2021
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On Welfare Jazz, Viagra Boys succeed through their skillful manipulation of pure bombast, spurred on by haywire grooves as well as plenty of oversized personality.

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Television Review: “Strip Down, Rise Up” — The Liberation of Pole Dancing

February 1, 2021
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An intriguing look at smashing the patriarchy through the art of pole dancing.

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Film Review: Buster Keaton’s “The Cameraman” — The Final Feature-Length Blaze of Brilliance

February 1, 2021
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The Cameraman is the hilarious capstone to a glorious period that began for Buster Keaton in the late teens.

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Opera Album Review: Donizetti’s Teacher Takes Center Stage — Mayr’s “I Cherusci”

January 31, 2021
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This splendid world-premiere recording proves that, as an opera composer, Johann Simon Mayr had “the whole package.”

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Classical Album Review: Jasper & Jupiter Quartets play Mendelssohn, Visconti, and Golijov

January 31, 2021
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This joint album from the Jupiter String Quartet and Jasper String Quartet is striking for its backstory but really memorable for its smart program and fine execution.

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Film Commentary: What If a Man Insinuates That a Woman Is NOT Attractive? And in Print?

January 31, 2021
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Variety is wrong and cowardly to give in to Cary Mulligan’s misguided, damaging accusations.

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Film Review: Powerful Testimony from Mexico — “I Am No Longer Here” and “Identifying Features”

January 30, 2021
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What do these young Mexican filmmakers want? For us to bear witness.

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