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Book Review: “Back to the Dirt” — An American Apocalypse in Progress

May 11, 2023
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All of the characters in Back to the Dirt are, in a sense, survivalists, people clinging onto what’s long gone, stockpiling karma for an apocalypse that is already upon them.

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Arts Appreciation: Ozzy Osbourne — A Pioneer of Heavy Metal Left on His Own Terms

July 23, 2025
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It would be hard to name another successful artist so passionately demeaned by the music press.

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Book Review: Vital, Phenomenal — Novelist Anthony Marra’s debut

May 8, 2013
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“A Constellation of Vital Phenomena” is spectacular.

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Book Review: Female Sexuality — From a Woman’s Point of View

June 29, 2019
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Neither narrative proffers an uplifting tale of female empowerment, but that is precisely their strength.

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Film Review: “Photograph” — An Unforeseeable Romance

May 17, 2019
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In Photograph, embracing your roots can nurture love — in very unexpected ways.

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Film Review: “Demolition” — Destruction Made Fascinating

April 11, 2016
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Demolition eschews the conventional, spinning its way to a completely unforeseen yet beautifully apt conclusion.

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Doc Talk: New Spins on Plan B in “Flipside”

June 25, 2024
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A profound piece of director Chris Wilcha’s life was being disrespected and threatened with extinction. He had to do something. He had to make a documentary about it.

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Doc Talk: Three Portraits of Artists — One as a Young Woman and Two as Old Men

August 25, 2022
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Three recent documentaries explore the worlds of three masters of disparate but complementary art forms: photography and cinema, sculpture and painting, and toilets.

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Book Review: Seeing “Eternity’s Sunrise”—Understanding the Vision of William Blake

November 10, 2015
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In Eternity’s Sunrise, Leo Damrosch’s prose flows, filled with imaginative lucidity.

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Film Review: “The Black Phone” — A True Gem of a Scarefest About the Disposability of Gen X Kids

June 23, 2022
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The Black Phone is not just about kids fighting to live. It’s about kids fighting to be seen, and in the case of the film’s literal ghosts, heard.

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