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John Gray’s pessimism is a direct descendant of the cultural pessimism preached by Oswald Spengler, whose best-seller, “The Decline of the West,” played a major role in the growth of fascism in the 1920s and ’30s.
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The cultural critic’s wrestling with the compromises that the pleasures of mass culture inevitably demand is heartfelt. In a word, it’s normal.
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The film beautifully captures a dreamy-nightmare aesthetic, suggesting that Priscilla’s life with Elvis was turbulent roller coaster of romantic highs and materialistic hollowness.
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Is the artist’s direction of clothing choices — and how he painted the garments — a sufficiently compelling inquiry in which to anchor an exhibit?
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in
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Songs were wholesale rearranged, and, most strikingly, Bob Dylan was a commanding presence at the baby grand piano for an 18-song, nearly two-hour set.
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The “new” version of the Blue Man Group is all mayhem, all the time.
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Director Alexander Payne and star Paul Giamatti excel at this kind of character-driven comedy/drama.
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The Adams Family may be a low budget regional filmmaking collective, but it continues to raise the bar on horror art cinema.
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Book Review: George Scialabba’s “Only a Voice” — Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves
It’s good to discover that George Scialabba is as lively as ever and that “Only a Voice” is filled with provocative arguments that make the reader want to argue right back.
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