Review
White Noise is neither a polemic nor an exercise in agitprop: it is a journey into the dark center of a reprehensible movement that is growing more vocal every day.
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A round-up of fresh performances of Beethoven Concerti.
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It’s as if Moshfegh is testing the furthest limits of a “red herring”: what if everything is red and everything is herring?
Swamp Thing is downright ornery, at times questioning political and corporate power as well as environmental protections.
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A welcome political homage to Woody Guthrie, a new recording of Ethel Smyth’s 1931 choral symphony makes a strong case for a full reconsideration of her output, and David Lang’s rejiggering of Beethoven’s Fidelio is both stirring and timeless.
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Belushi is a warts-and-all look at one of comedy’s raging bulls.
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The best thing about Holy Calamavote may be that it presents Run the Jewels in a live presentation of RTJ4 that rivals the atmospheric might of the record itself.
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Director Rubika Shah ends her film on this high note, but no one watching could conclude that the struggle is over
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The 1979 documentary Town Bloody Hall is a time tunnel passageway into what stand-up comedians used to call “women’s lib.” It is still liable to raise a gendered ruckus — and provide a rollicking good time.
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Dance Review/Commentary: “The Grand Union” — The Story of the Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance
This fascinating book, and the rich literature of films and writings around it, have helped me feel a bit more positive about these shrunken times.
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