Review
One marvels at Bill Frisell’s improvisations, which can be both surprising and songful.
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Benjamin Zander, who’s led some distinctly fine concerts in recent years, drew the best out of his band.
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Lelio’s latest film explores the plight of a woman whose intrinsic nature and self-worth are rejected by a world that doesn’t value her.
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Annihilation wants to be a big movie about big ideas — what we get is a flawed impersonation of one.
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The members of this trio seem to have preternatural access to each other’s musical thoughts.
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As Alex Honnold observes, if he solos El Cap, it’s like winning a gold medal in the Olympics. But there’s no second or third place. If he fails, he dies.
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The Verona Quartet is certainly worth watching, above all for the intimate way in which they communicate with each other and with the audience.
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Steven Barkhimer’s mastery of the role’s physicality is the key to his expression of its villainy.
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Shange’s nervy mix of wordplay and in-your-face didacticism — of resilience in the face of hardship — is very much the empowering thing.
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Lost Laughs is an absorbing examination of the dark side of American celebrity.
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