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Dance Review: “Tappin’ Thru Life” — An Evening with the Charismatic Maurice Hines

May 18, 2013
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The ebullient entertainer Maurice Hines held court this week at a packed Cutler Majestic Theater, along with a score of other very talented musicians and tap dancers. What an evening!

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Television Review: Christopher Guest’s Humble “Family Tree”

May 16, 2013
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The only way to sort of enjoy “Family Tree” is with modest expectations; and indeed, this is the most modest of series, as Christopher Guest cuts his molars on TV with a program which rarely tries to be more than fairly amusing, mildly ambitious, a kind of bemused apprentice work in a new medium.

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Music Review: Who Loves You, Baby? Wilco Loves You … A Whole Lot

October 2, 2011
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Honestly, the first thought I had when the two-hour Wilco show wrapped up was, when will I see this band again?

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Film Review: “Code Black” – A Feel Good Documentary That is Difficult to Watch

July 30, 2014
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At its core, Code Black is about the struggle faced by young physicians who want to remain idealistic in the face of our failing health care system.

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Film Commentary: What If a Man Insinuates That a Woman Is NOT Attractive? And in Print?

January 31, 2021
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Variety is wrong and cowardly to give in to Cary Mulligan’s misguided, damaging accusations.

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Book Review: “Chasing Me to My Grave” — An Indispensable Black Voice

September 6, 2021
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This was an artist who approached his singular craft with equal measures of exuberance and precision.

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Jazz Album Review: Valuable Blasts from the Past — Bill Evans and Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller

July 27, 2021
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Two previously unreleased archival recordings take us on trips into the past well worth taking.

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Film Review: “Margrete, Queen of the North” — One Matriarch, One Scandinavia

February 14, 2022
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This is an opulent and ambitious historical drama, as attentive to small intimate scenes as it is to grandiose action sequences.

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Book Review: “Crooked Hallelujah” – On Mothers and Daughters

July 10, 2020
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Crooked Hallelujah is a splendid debut, its intricately structured narrative following four generations of a matriarchal family from the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

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Concert Review: Big Thief at Roadrunner

April 16, 2022
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Big Thief is a largely somber folk-rock outfit fronted by introspective singer/songwriter Adrianne Lenker that doesn’t care much about showmanship.

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