Review
Two closely watched films in Toronto were dark dramas that couldn’t have been more different.
“Ornithology: The Best of Bird” might better be described as the best of Bird on Savoy.
By Aaron Keebaugh The opera’s libretto moves back and forth fluently between Fannie Lou Hamer’s childhood years to her later struggles serving the cause of racial justice. On June 1, 1865, in front of a large crowd gathered at New York’s Cooper Union, Frederick Douglass gave a eulogy for Abraham Lincoln. The president had been…
This simultaneously entertaining and provocative show contests the premise that people today are invariably more sophisticated than those who lived in spiritualism’s heyday.
Tony Kahn’s memory is extraordinary, and his talents as a writer, illustrator, and designer are prodigious.
“The Bibi Files” is a documentary that should be seen before its revelations, caught on tape, are overtaken by a larger war; the Palestinian no-budget drama “To a Land Unknown” presents a credible picture of refugee life.
Two new wordless picture books feature animals as friends, revealing greater truths about community and the environment.
In “Megalopolis,” we have Francis Ford Coppola, Titan of Cinema, unleashing his undiluted meditation on Roman History, US History, Political Rivalry and Cooperation, Urban Planning, Technology, Love, Marriage, etc.
This year’s edition of Metalfest matched the fabled fests of yore – a point not lost on many of the bands that performed, many of them making note on stage that the metal world had somehow been made right again.
Violinist Augustin Hadelich and pianist Orion Weiss prove that there is plenty of music written on these shores to explore, especially when you are not limited by region or style. Soprano Karen Slack and pianist Michelle Cann demonstrate the strength of Florence Price’s songs and arrangements.
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