Review

Book Review: “Old Rendering Plant” — Existence on Trial

November 17, 2017
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Hilbig’s prose demands sentence-by sentence commitment. It gravitates to the dark and dense, and occasionally surreal.

Television Review: “Too Funny to Fail” — Timeless Comedy

November 17, 2017
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It always takes a while for the culture to catch up with the best and brightest; what’s on the cutting edge today becomes tomorrow’s gold standard.

Film Review: Remembrance of Things Zappa

November 17, 2017
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Filmmaker Salvo Cuccia packs a lot into this tightly framed 2014 documentary on Frank Zappa.

Theater Review: New York Round-Up — “Junk,” The Red Shoes,” “The Band’s Visit”

November 17, 2017
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The irony implied by Junk after the curtain goes down is the realization that white collar crime does pay.

Film Review: “Safe in Hell” — A Fallen Woman Picture and a Sleazy Buddy Movie

November 14, 2017
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Dorothy Mackaill is riveting as Gilda, a wronged working woman turned prostitute in the no-options depths of Depression-era New Orleans.

Music Feature: Guitarist and Composer Toninho Horta Meets Berklee

November 14, 2017
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Toninho Horta’s musical signature is distinctive: complex harmonies, subtle but masterful guitar work, and gentle, plaintive vocals.

Theater Review: “The Revolutionists” — Comedy During the Reign of Terror

November 12, 2017
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Director Courtney O’Connor, the Nora Theatre, and its skilled cast do right by this hilarious historical comedy.

Book Review: “We Were Eight Years in Power” — An Essential Book

November 11, 2017
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Nothing could be more necessary at this point in time than this book.

Theater Review: “Souvenir” — An Intimate Gem

November 11, 2017
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Spiro Veloudos and his talented cast has given us an evening in the theater when all that makes us human comes to the fore.

Film Review: “Lady Bird” — Coming of Age, Refreshed

November 11, 2017
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With Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig has come up with what will surely be one of the best films of the year.

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