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Film Review: “Billie” — A Fascinating Spotlight on a Jazz Legend

February 22, 2021
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Billie is a stunning new documentary about Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz vocalists of the 20th century.

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Music Review: Best New Songs – September, 2020

October 15, 2020
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A selection of new songs that are about keeping sane in a world that seems increasingly out of everyone’s control — in nearly every sense.

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Short Fuse Review/Interview: Trotsky’s Revolutionary Life

October 2, 2011
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Joshua Rubenstein’s succinct account of Leon Trotsky’s life rescues the Russian radical from a remoteness, positioning him at a useful distance for contemporary readers

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New York Film Festival 2023: “The Zone of Interest” — An Essential Experience

October 12, 2023
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“The Zone of Interest” is a cinematic embodiment of Hannah Arendt’s famous phrase “the banality of evil.”

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Comedy Review: Kids In The Hall Reunite — And They Are Still Alright

June 11, 2014
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I love Saturday Night Live as much as the next guy, but Kids In The Hall did much more with much less than Lorne Michael’s comedy fiefdom.

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Book Review: A House of Many Doors — Gish Jen’s Tiger Writing

April 17, 2013
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Moving restlessly between independence and interdependence in style and content, the lecture captures the changeling quality that Gish Jen associates with those who must creatively manage multiple cultural influences.

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Opera Album Review: Oscar Wilde in the Opera House, Part 1 — Zemlinsky’s Intense Setting of “A Florentine Tragedy”

January 21, 2020
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Salome is not the only strong opera based on an Oscar Wilde play. This one-acter by Zemlinsky deserves a place in the repertoire today.

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Film Review: “The Kid With a Bike” — Journey to a State of Grace

April 28, 2012
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The Kid With a Bike is a story of grace, compassion, redemption, and of the possibility of goodness in a very difficult and imperfect world.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Two Masters of the Jazz Harmonica

August 23, 2024
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Here are two new and very different records from virtuosos of the jazz harmonica, both seasoned pros, and one of them deserving of much wider recognition.

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Film Festival Review: More Reviews from Provincetown 2023

June 25, 2023
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Five reviews of the kind of films that the Provincetown Film Festival celebrates. Their stories speak to our shared humanity.

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