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Television Review: Macondo Redux — A Progress Report on Netflix’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude”

January 16, 2025
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Adapting such a monumental work, a novel that is loved by so many, is both ambitious and risky.

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Book Review: “Murder in the Dressing Room” — Enter: A Drag Queen Shamus

January 15, 2025
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The book marks a marvelous entrance by an important new heroine onto the mystery stage: a drag queen, who goes in and out of her drag character as she investigates the murder of a friend.

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Book Review: “Falling in Love at the Movies” — Head Over Reels

January 14, 2025
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For those who are new to rom-coms, “Falling in Love at the Movies” is an informative introduction to their mechanics.

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Theater Review: “Crumbs from the Table of Joy” — Lost in the Past

January 13, 2025
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At its best, this script offers an opportunity for audiences to cast a backward glance at the first stirrings of dramatist Lynn Nottage’s prolific canon.

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Film Review: The Fascinating Documentary “Eno” — Every Screening Is Different

January 13, 2025
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The new bio-doc about producer-musician Brian Eno looks at the artist’s life and his creative process in a deliberately provocative new format.

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Film Review: Deconstructing “The Brutalist”

January 13, 2025
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Like all accomplished directors – and architects – Brady Corbet has orchestrated a team of outstanding collaborators into shaping his vision.

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Film Review: “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — Putting Corporate Cogs on Notice

January 12, 2025
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In their latest divinely idiosyncratic romp, Wallace & Gromit take on the threat of that most impersonal and worrisome technology: AI.

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Film Review: “Soundtrack to a Coup d’État” — The Freedom of Jazz, Manipulated in the Cold War

January 11, 2025
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This is a chilling tale of the (last) Cold War, and footage of Teslas and iPhones serves as a potent reminder that the struggle for global natural resources, in the Third World and beyond, continues.

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Film Review: “The Last Showgirl” — The End of the Old Razzle Dazzle?

January 10, 2025
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Let’s hope that “The Last Showgirl” launches a new phase in Pam Anderson’s career.

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Film Review: “Pepe” — The Afterlife of a Hippo

January 9, 2025
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“Pepe” is an immense achievement: one of the most formally and politically radical narrative films to turn up on the international festival circuit in 2024.

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