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Book Review: “Open Throat” — Animal Talk

June 28, 2023
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It’s really a feat — to meld the imaginary with the truth, but Open Throat does it just smashingly.

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Television Review: “Reframed: Marilyn Monroe” — A Feminist Tribute or a Reframe-up Job?

January 21, 2022
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The primary interest of Reframed isn’t film history; it is revisionist social statement, and a new twist on the celebrity documentary: star bio-cum-feminist essay.

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Book Review: “The Hero’s Body” — Let’s Get Physical

November 6, 2016
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Giraldi was enticed by the fraternity of the gym as a way of filling out and firming up both his body and his sense of self.

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Book Review: “Walk With Me” — The Heroism of Fannie Lou Hamer

October 30, 2021
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A three-dimensional portrait of one of the most powerful and eloquent leaders of the civil rights movement in Mississippi.

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Theater Review: “Rapture, Blister, Burn” Snaps, Crackles, and Pops

June 1, 2013
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“Rapture, Blister, Burn” feels less like an exploration of feminism today than a clever sitcom pilot that won’t be able to sustain its jokes for an entire season.

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Film Review: “The Devil’s Candy” — Wouldst Thou Like to Die, Deliciously?

March 24, 2017
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Horror fans in search of a smarter-than-average thriller that will make their viscera quiver should not miss this one.

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Film Review: “The Post” — The Newspaper Business is Not Glamorous, But Movies Are

January 5, 2018
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Steven Spielberg’s political timing is nearly perfect, and so is his film.

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Film Review: “A Most Violent Year” — A Most Masterful Accomplishment

February 9, 2015
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A Most Violent Year is nothing if not intense.

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Theater Review: imaginary beasts’ Winter Panto 2019 — Joyful Nonsense

February 1, 2019
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Imaginary Beasts’ Winter Panto 2019 proffers plenty of enthusiasm, wit, and panache.

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Film Review: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” — “A Love Story With Equality”

October 27, 2019
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Portrait is a masterly work of historical realism — about an enduring love between two women — done in high-flying poetic style.

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