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Opera Album Review: In a New Recording, Faust Is Damned Again — Early-Modernist Style

May 9, 2025
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Ferruccio Busoni’s century-old (or -young) Doktor Faust, inspired by Christopher Marlowe and other pre-Goethe sources, offers a fascinatingly hellish ride.

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Visual Arts Review: “Phyllis Ewen: Inundation” — Speaking to the Unraveling of the Environment

May 8, 2025
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Phyllis Ewen ponders humanity’s perilous relationship with the earth, expressing her concerns through her artwork.

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Film Review: François Ozon’s “When Fall Is Coming” — Felix Culpa

May 8, 2025
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Redemption awaits “When Fall Is Coming.”

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Jazz Album Review: “Chick Corea, Piano Improvisations Vol 1” — Flights of Lyrical Logic

May 7, 2025
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Throughout these bold solo performances, pianist Chick Corea exudes confidence.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Different Endings

May 7, 2025
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Two new picture books offer a refreshing use of not-so-typical endings.

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Film Review: “Thunderbolts*” — A Great Time at the Movies

May 6, 2025
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It’s pretty interesting that we live in a moment in which our comic-book obsessed culture is creating a number of antagonists based on the premise of, “Hey, what if Superman were emotionally stunted and really evil?”

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Film Review: “The Empire” — Gallic Alien Invasion, Lampooned

May 6, 2025
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Bruno Dumont has always been a divisive filmmaker, drawn to provocation, and the wacky sci-fi parody of the comedy-drama “The Empire” has proven to be no exception.

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Jazz Album Reviews: A Trio of Gems from Craft Recordings

May 5, 2025
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At the time of these sessions the musicians themselves were celebrating the relatively recent advent of the long-playing record.

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Film Review: “The Ugly Stepsister” — Beauty Is Pain

May 4, 2025
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“The Ugly Stepsister” emphasizes how fiercely beauty reigns supreme for women of all ages — especially those in the 1700s.

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Book Review: “Josephine Baker’s Secret War” — Zouzou in Casablanca

May 4, 2025
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What we don’t learn in “Josephine Baker’s Secret War” was what she did to steel herself against the risks she was taking. Was it all acting? A belief that her charmed life would never end?

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