Review
For some reason, Aggretsuko riffs on Japanese idols in its third season, and the shift makes the show less appealing.
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A Mother Cow of jazz iconoclasts takes on German lieder, because why not?
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I heartily recommend M.M. Blume’s excellent Fallout, which ably synthesizes large amounts of archival, historical, and biographical material from three continents.
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Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was is a natural next step forward for Bright Eyes, evolving while remaining true to their core identity.
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If we factor in the triple-size oversell crowd, the bad drugs circulating, and the home field advantage, there was plenty there to inspire The Stooges to raise some merry hell.
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You may not know what you’re feeling or what to think about what you’ve seen afterward. This is a rare experience in cinema to be savored, or at the very least highly valued.
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In wrapping up Fantasia, I focused on The Five Rules of Success, Come True, and The Dark and the Wicked, three ambitious genre titles that have stuck with me long since their credits rolled.
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The stories in And Go Like This are wise, compassionate, and deftly crafted.
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Iridescence is a masterful set, with none of the tentative feeling …he bipped when he should have bopped …that sometimes afflicts free jazz outings.
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This thoughtful study offers a worthwhile critical perspective on Werner Herzog, one of the world’s great living film artists.
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