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Book Review: Moon Unit’s “Earth to Moon” –A New Age Quest for Healing

September 16, 2024
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Moon Unit devotes less than a quarter of her book to the three decades since her father’s death. Despite his failings as a parent, she wants to respect Frank Zappa’s stature as an artist.

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Theater Review: “Hold These Truths” — Powerful Political Drama

June 3, 2019
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The play’s disparate elements have been blended into a riveting drama, energetically directed by Lisa Rothe, and nimbly performed by Joel de la Fuente.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Film (Part Three)

May 29, 2021
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More homages to 1971’s magnificent bursts of cinematic iconoclasm.

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Film Review: “Sound of Metal” — A Test of Character

November 20, 2020
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To Sound of Metal’s credit, the narrative remains open-ended, refusing to descend into a predictable “Hollywood” story of triumph over adversity.

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Author Interview: Gish Jen on “The Resisters”

February 13, 2020
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Gish Jen’s new novel asks, Is ambition worthwhile in a world without justice?

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Album Review: “Soused” — Scott Walker and Sunn O))) Take a Bold Excursion into the Impossible

October 26, 2014
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Soused is such an impressive album because of its attempt to reconcile opposing aesthetic ends.

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Book Review: Jane Austen’s “Emma” — Aptly Annotated

January 14, 2013
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Editor Bharat Tandon guides us expertly through “Emma,” stopping along the way to augment the text by clarifying usages, concepts, and references that may stump the 21st-century reader.

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Film Review: “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” — Charlie Kaufman’s Hall of Existential Mirrors Glimmers Darkly

August 27, 2020
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I’m Thinking of Ending Things is a bit of a wonder, a careful nightmare that demands rapt attention even if repeated viewings do little to assuage its eeriness.

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Coming Attractions: October 22 through November 7 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 22, 2023
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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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October Short Fuses – Materia Critica

October 4, 2022
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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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