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Film Review: 2020 Oscar Animated Shorts — Sadness and Beauty

February 3, 2020
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Among this group of strong animated shorts I found the French selection, Mémorable, to be the most powerful and artful.

Author Interview: Jared Ross Hardesty on “Slavery in New England” — More Pervasive Than You Thought

February 3, 2020
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“The idea that slavery was not economically important to New England as a whole is just emphatically not true.”

Film Review: “Color Out of Space” — Unleashing a Primal Desire for Destruction

February 2, 2020
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All in all, Color Out of Space is only OK.

Film Review: The 2020 Oscar Documentary Short Films

January 31, 2020
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A critical look at this year’s Oscar-nominated documentary shorts.

Poetry Review: Richard J. Fein’s “Whitman/Vitman” — A Vigorous Homage

January 31, 2020
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It’s hard to think of a contemporary poet who has engaged so passionately and devotedly, over many decades, with a single forebear.

Jazz CD Review: “Light Blue” — Tight and Graceful

January 31, 2020
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Overall, Light Blue is an impressive album: its ensembles simultaneously tight and graceful, its solos expressive.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” — Apocalyptic Witchcraft

January 30, 2020
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Where will the coven go from here? Its pivot away from patriarchy echoes the growing resistance of women the world over — and that is a powerful message indeed.

Arts Commentary: All Is Not Copacetic for the Fine Arts in the Berkshires

January 30, 2020
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Despite the growing number of artists in the Berkshires, there seems to be an effort, among large cultural institutions and the major media, to pretend that they are not around.

Film Review: 2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films — No More Than Adequate

January 30, 2020
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Who can explain why two of the five nominees are set in Tunisia? Or why several of them seem like student films?

Book Review: “The Stakes” — For America, Higher Than You Think

January 29, 2020
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For America to get back on track, “It will take inspired radical leadership, mass organizing, and citizen mobilization of the kind that we see only in America’s finest hours.”

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