Review
Few contemporary authors much care to tussle with the proverbial mot juste; Lance Olsen insists on it, and over the course of fifteen novels, five books of nonfiction, and five short story collections, has shown himself a master of prose style.
An admiration for certain defeat permeates much of The Mountain Goats’ album Songs for Pierre Chuvin.
Nate Patrin’s magnificently written and wildly informative new book argues for the artistry of sampling, its potential for beauty.
The cumulative message of these heavy metal bands might be: “I see your pandemic, and I raise you one.”
Here are five more appealing feature films and their links, handpicked to get you pleasurably through the Covid-19 days. Two need to be rented, three are free.
To the Stars is a somewhat formulaic Middle America melodrama, enlivened by inspired and well-directed performances that infuse some radiant life into small town struggles.
What strikes this listener most is the writing’s disjointedly distinctive — sometimes unfathomable — sounds and textures, as well as the music’s unpredictable flow.
How to avoid going stir-crazy: burrow into the thousands of films available to watch on your computer, most of them free or practically free.
In Rock Bottom Rhapsody, Pokey LaFarge shows us where all America’s prophetic manias must lead: collapse.
Mrs. America is well written and beautifully acted (generally), but its real power stems less from its entertainment value than in how it reveals how little has changed for women since the ’70s.
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