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Book Review: “Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir” — A Rehash

April 21, 2024
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The best part of the Silver/Ursini book is the padding, the last forty pages in which the two authors go past “Double Indemnity”‘s release to contextualize it within the generic stream of “film noir”.

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Coming Attractions: May 5 through 21 — What Will Light Your Fire

May 5, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Film Review: “The Beast” Is a Bungle

April 11, 2024
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Who would predict that this perfectly calibrated tale would be yanked out of its early 20th century setting and become dystopian science-fiction?

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Jazz Perspective: Zev Feldman – A Sherlock of a Producer with an Impressive Portfolio

April 26, 2024
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Zev Feldman is becoming one of the great sleuth-producers of our time, and his name is becoming a marker of quality.

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Classical Album Review: “Compositrices — New Light on French Romantic Women Composers”

April 27, 2024
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By Ralph P. Locke An 8-CD set of diverse and enjoyable works, brought back from obscurity by Aude Extrémo, Roberto Prosseda, and other major performers. Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers Cyrille Dubois and Yann Beuron (t), Aude Extrémo (mz), Claire Le Boulanger (fl), Roberto Prosseda, Alessandra Ammara, and Nathalia Milstein (p), and…

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May Short Fuses — Materia Critica

May 1, 2024
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Film Review: “Mad Props” — Collectors on the Hunt

March 27, 2024
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This sweet, amusing documentary revolves around collectors (all eager males) who are crazy with nostalgia for the mainstream cinema of the late 1970s through the 1990s.

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Coming Attractions: April 21 through May 6 — What Will Light Your Fire

April 21, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Jazz Album Review: Noah Haidu’s “Standards II” — A Trio of Masters

April 12, 2024
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Pianist Noah Haidu’s impeccably performed and recorded “Standards II” is a winner.

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Coming Attractions: April 7 through 23 — What Will Light Your Fire

April 7, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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