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Book Review: Yang Jisheng’s “The World Turned Upside Down”

January 19, 2021
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Those who admire Yang Jisheng’s distinguished career should pick up this book. Those searching for a solid, accessible history of Mao’s Cultural Revolution should look elsewhere.

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Film Review: “Nomadland” — “Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost…”

January 18, 2021
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Fern may be house-less, but she’s not homeless — there’s a difference, she explains; her home will be the road, and the road is full of life, love, challenges, and surprises, all there for the taking.

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Film Review: “MLK/FBI” — A Necessary Cautionary Tale

January 17, 2021
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A powerful document about the persecution of an American icon and the government that tried to destroy him.

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Book Review: “World of Wonders” — A Natural Counter to the Chaos of Our Political Moment

January 15, 2021
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These essays aren’t overly scientific; instead, they remind us, with a gentle nudge, to take delight in nature, to pay attention to it, to be observant.

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Film Review: “Pieces of a Woman” — “They give birth astride of a grave…”

January 15, 2021
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Pieces of a Woman is an affecting film about the depths of mourning highlighted by Vanessa Kirby’s gut-wrenching lead performance.

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Film Review: “Herself” — “Safe as Houses”

January 14, 2021
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While the film is determinedly called “Herself “(“you got this, girl…”), the subtitle could equally have been “It Takes a Village…”

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Film Review: Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place, Impeachment Edition — Stir-Crazy 14

January 14, 2021
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Celebrate impeachment in your home with this critic’s fourteenth list of movies guaranteed to entertain.

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Classical Album Review: John Adams Orchestral Works

January 13, 2021
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My Father Knew Charles Ives and Harmonielehre make an excellent pairing on the Nashville Symphony Orchestra’s new, all-Adams album led by music director Giancarlo Guerrero.

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Theater Review: “Days to Come” – Wanting to Say Too Much

January 13, 2021
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Mint Theater Company’s choice to revive Days to Come is more intriguing than Lillian Hellman’s muddled play.

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Television Review: “Surviving Death” — Probing Death and the Great Beyond

January 11, 2021
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Surviving Death’s balance between personal experiences and scientific theories makes the series unexpectedly provocative.

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