Review
George Li’s latest release showcases a budding artist with a growing command of musical structure, technique, and character; Bruce Liu’s got the measure of Erik Satie’s music — next time, perhaps, he can take on more of it.
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Despite the charges of some purists, jazz was alive in the hands of a few veterans at Newport Jazz 2024, as well as newcomers sharing their own voices in the tradition.
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This, my friends, is what a capital D Diva looks like.
Read MoreBook Review: “A Shared Cinema” — A Dazzling Book of Interviews with French Film Critic Michel Ciment
Thanks to publisher Paul Cronin for providing “A Shared Cinema,” allowing me and other film lovers hours of pleasure with the inimitable voice of the great French critic and editor Michel Ciment.
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Conductor Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony deliver a conspicuously satisfying and fluent Bruckner Seventh. Dutch violinist Janine Jansen also possesses an uncommon ability to enliven the familiar.
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Adam Moss’ book is an inspiring compendium of interviews and profiles of 43 creatives on how they make their work, using iconic examples to illuminate their process.
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John Wilson and his players clearly have the measure of Eric Coates’ tuneful, often clever, style and deliver it to the hilt; Aziz Shokhakimov and the Strasbourgers, though still on a learning curve, have a bright future ahead of them.
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Like Truffaut, Spielberg, Gerwig, and other renowned auteurs, director Sean Wang has made a deeply felt, funny film that cogently draws on his experiences as a volatile and angsty adolescent.
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Compellingly, “Sing Sing” reinforces the belief that art, no matter where it takes place, has the power to heal, educate, and build community.
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Homer’s use of ancient myth is used to show that women, like the sea, have been — and will continue to be — the ecological instigators of growth and transformation.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025