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Film Review: “Ophelia” is Revisionist, Romantic, Ravishing

June 30, 2019
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Ophelia is moving, intoxicating, haunting: the most visually pleasurable film I’ve seen so far this year.

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Fuse Classical Music Review: A Far Cry — 17 Strings Strong

December 21, 2010
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There is no shortage in this town of chamber music groups trying to carve out a charismatic niche of their own. This seems to have come naturally to this high energy, highly likable ensemble. By Susan Miron. Seventeen strings strong, A Far Cry is that rare kind of musical group that appears to do everything…

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Book Review: What’s Opera, Doc?

December 5, 2005
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A groundbreaking book explores the music written for Hollywood’s animated cartoons and how the tunes shaped the characters and stories that are now a vital part of American culture. Read More

Author Interview: Talking to Miss Pat about her “Reggae Music Journey”

April 3, 2021
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Miss Pat, reggae’s Chinese-Jamaican matriarch, reflects on a life in riddim.

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Book Review: Grim Light Reading — Alain Robbe-Grillet’s “A Sentimental Novel”

June 9, 2014
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A Sentimental Novel, which seems to be at once pornography and a parody of pornography, is designed to provoke both revulsion and titillation.

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Movie Review: Through the Eyes of Children

August 7, 2012
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Two superb new films, “Moonrise Kingdom” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” revolve around children and the power of love.

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Film Review: “Spencer” — Royal Damsel in Distress

November 4, 2021
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This portrait of Princess Diana interweaves facts with fantasies to create an impressionistic profile of a troubled woman trapped in a golden cage.

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Dance Review: Gauthier Dance — Distinctive Exuberance

July 8, 2016
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As a group they are exuberant, personable, immediate, which in turn makes even the meh choreography palatable.

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Book Review: “Lena Horne — Goddess Reclaimed”

October 27, 2023
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One might conjecture that  Lena Horne’s career was something like a mink-lined minefield: the promise of wealth and fame went hand-in-hand with the possibility of annihilation.

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Film Review: “We Always Lie to Strangers” — One Part of America, Singing

November 29, 2014
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These are good people who have grown up playing country and pop music and are committed to giving the people what they want.

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