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Television Review: “Howard” — Homage to One of the Greatest Artists of the 20th Century

August 19, 2020
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The great lyricist behind the Disney renaissance receives a moving tribute.

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Film Review: Shudder’s “Host” — Solitary and Scary

August 19, 2020
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It’s entertainment genius to turn our new normal into something topical and terrifying.

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Book Review: Claudia Rankine’s “Just Us: An American Conversation” — Tough Talk about Race

August 19, 2020
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Claudia Rankine comes off like a disgruntled but interesting guest at a dinner party who keeps turning the conversation back to subjects that make others uncomfortable but are well worth talking about and seriously examining.

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Film Review: More Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place — Campus Best, Pre-Pre-Covid

August 17, 2020
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A dozen feature films — none made less than 35 years ago — that best capture the American campus experience and spirit.

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Jazz Album Review: “Dinner Party” — Room for Joy in a Messed-Up World

August 16, 2020
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Marked by a blended mastery of multiple genres — from jazz and R&B to hip-hop — Dinner Party is a perfect album for a time of pandemic, police brutality, and an uncertain future.

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Book Review: A Troubling yet Timely Screed — America’s Debilitating “Meritocracy Trap”

August 15, 2020
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Though its prose veers into academic rough patches, the volume does what it sets out to do, brilliantly portraying how the delusive demon of meritocracy has led America into its current socioeconomic quagmire.

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Book Review: “Why Visit America” — Compelling Speculations on the Homeland

August 15, 2020
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It didn’t take long for this eminently readable and bingeable collection to draw TV adaptation attention.

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Jazz Concert and Album Review: Guitarist Bill Frisell — Mingling the Sublime and the Stimulating

August 14, 2020
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Leave it to guitarist Bill Frisell — he always knows where the musical goodies are to be found.

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Television Review: “An American Pickle” — Sour to a Fault

August 13, 2020
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Seth Rogen puts in double duty as an early 20th century Jewish immigrant and his modern great grandson in a comedy that starts off sweet but leaves a bitter aftertaste.

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Classical CD Review: The Symphonies of Max Bruch — Getting the Attention They Deserve

August 12, 2020
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This is a conductor and ensemble that have the measure of Max Bruch’s style and voice well in hand.

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