Review
In “Silent Depths,” Kristian Sensini responds to the suffering of civilians in the West Bank and Gaza with sincere, accessible music that ultimately needs greater tension and complexity.
Orlando von Einsiedel’s documentary follows an Indian portrait artist’s extraordinary bicycle journey from Delhi to Sweden—and the improbable love story that inspired it.
Curtis Stewart transforms two dozen American songs into inventive, virtuosic studies for solo violin.
Rhino’s reissues of “Best I” and “Best II” reveal the breadth of the band’s music and the striking parallels between Steven Morrissey and Andy Warhol.
Robert Dattoli’s “Boomer Madness” recounts a picaresque journey through sex, drugs, work, protest, and the cultural upheavals of postwar America—but its reflections on the generation often prove less compelling than its adventures.
At the Koussevitzky Music Shed, two generations of artists joined forces in a rousing concert of gospel, rock, resistance, and solidarity.
Two lively picture books invite children to discover the creativity, collaboration, and wonder behind the books they love.
Director Rafael Manuel’s dazzling debut turns a fantastical Philippine golf resort into a miniature world of caste, exploitation, and resistance.
By Ed Meek Joshua Frank offers an incisive account of the environmental and human costs of “green” development — even if his sweeping skepticism leaves readers wondering what practical climate action should look like. Bad Energy: The AI Hucksters, Rogue Lithium Extractors, and Wind Industrialists Who Are Selling Off Our Future by Joshua Frank. Haymarket…
This book is the best travelogue you’ll ever read about a terrible place you’ll never want to visit but want to experience vicariously.
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