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Film Review: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — Shakespeare Goes Digital

September 4, 2018
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Does Shakespeare need a digital makeover to stay relevant and entertaining?

Arts Commentary: The Author of “The Jazz Bubble” Responds

September 4, 2018
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“What is new since the ’70s is a much broader ideological shift in the business world itself, and the way in which it came to approach the jazz world as a result.”

Dance Remembrance: Paul Taylor (1930-2018)

September 4, 2018
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Choreographer Paul Taylor leaves a repertory that sprawled from the outrageous to the sublime.

Jazz CD Review: Luciana Souza’s “Book of Longing” Tells a Compelling Story

September 4, 2018
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With this album, Luciana Souza has created her own indelible “book” of songs that ache and celebrate, muse and regret, dream and mourn.

Book Review: “Summer Cannibals” — A Patient Psychological Portrait of a Toxic Family

September 3, 2018
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Summer Cannibals’ main virtue is its keen transmission of psychological warfare in families.

Film/Jazz Review: “Open Land: Meeting John Abercrombie”

September 3, 2018
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This fascinating documentary should be compelling to guitarists and to jazz fans in general.

Jazz LP Review: Newvelle Records — Sounds Sweet and Clear

September 2, 2018
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Newvelle Records’ taste seems to be  flawless.

Film Review: “The Bookshop” — A Closed Book

September 1, 2018
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Reading is treated as a commodity, namedropping literary titles as a way for middlebrow film audiences to feel proud of themselves for being in the know.

Book Review: “The Chapo Guide to Revolution” — Laughing at Catastrophe

August 31, 2018
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Too many cultural critics look at our past through a fuzzy filter of sentiment. Chapo Trap House tackles America’s past and present idiocies head-on in a refreshingly honest way.

Jazz CD Review: Steve Turre — “The Very Thought of You”

August 30, 2018
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The venerable trombonist’s fine new album mostly contains ballads and features an all-star rhythm section.

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