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Jazz Album Reviews: Vibraphone Madness — Patricia Brennan and Warren Wolf

September 23, 2024
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Two fine examples of musicians taking the vibraphone in and out.

Film Review: “The Substance” — The Beauty Trap

September 22, 2024
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“The Substance” is the most insane midnight movie you’ll see in a multiplex in 2024. Needless to say, I loved it.

Rock Album Review: Galaxie 500, “Uncollected New York Noise 1988-1990” — Expanding the Band’s Legacy

September 22, 2024
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Through it all, the members of Galaxie 500 have stayed true to the idea of “indie” as a personal and political vision rather than a mere genre tag.

Theater Reviews: Home Field Advantage — A Trio of European Stage Adventures

September 21, 2024
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Reviews of three shows seen during a trip to Ireland and England — Shakespeare at London’s Globe and “Dublin Oldschool” and “Riverdance” in Dublin.

Rock Album Review: Nick Cave’s “Wild God” — A Time for Joy

September 21, 2024
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With the release of “Wild God,” his stirring 18th studio album, it seems as if the charismatic poète maudit has achieved, and more impressively maintained, his own version of peace.

Film Reviews: Toronto International Film Festival – Mike Leigh, Edna O’Brien, Sean Baker, and Rhodesia’s Last Days

September 20, 2024
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The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) had much to offer this year, once you walked through construction debris to get to the theaters. Here are some films worthy of note. 

Theater Review: “The Hound of the Baskervilles” — More Frenzied Than Funny

September 20, 2024
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As the run continues, the torrent of gags will probably settle into place and proper narrative rhythms emerge. But for now, the game’s aground.

Theater Review: “The Hombres” — Calming the Savage Beast

September 19, 2024
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There’s plenty of potential in Tony Meneses’ script about men sharing their inner lives with other men, but it is filled with too many silent types.

Book Reviews: Joan Acocella and Andrea Marcolongo — Writers Who Think Fearlessly

September 19, 2024
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Joan Acocella is more than a critic. She is a thinker, writing at a time when thinkers are not valued much, when exegesis in places other than scholarly journals sometimes seems like a lost art.

Book Review: “We Solve Murders” — A Slight Whodunit

September 19, 2024
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This novel is a fun, light read. But best-selling author Richard Osman needs to take more time to delve into his characters if he wants to equal his previous cozy mysteries.

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