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If the destiny of documentaries is to become celebrity profiles, it could do worse than those screening at this year’s PIFF.
The film offers some intriguing twists and turns, and the excellent cast propels the narrative forward admirably. But the screenplay tries a bit too hard to dramatize character transformations in a short period of time.
The magic in Eliane Elias’s performances is in how easily she slips from one musical dialect into another.
Surprisingly, the 17th- and 18th-century drawings and prints in “Pastoral on Paper” proffer bold experiments in charcoal, chalk, and gouache.
Once again, Tony voters proved that quality and integrity still matter.
Along with the legendary Peter Rowan, other multi-generational participants in this leg of the Sam Grisman Project tour are well versed in the bluegrass songbook.
A trio of superb albums run the stylistic gauntlet, from the traditional to the experimental.
Bottom line: for all of “The Phoenician Scheme”‘s visual glories, the whimsical portrait of a shady arms dealer who becomes a mensch in the bosom of family rings hollow — especially at the present moment.
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Poetry Commentary: Antigone Kefala — Voice from Another Shore
Like her sisters in the art of crystalline complexity, Australian poet and novelist Antigone Kefala persevered through years of isolation, obscurity, and critical neglect.
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