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This Is Not Happening serves up welcome shots of honestly and reality that hit you in the most ticklish parts of your own amusingly flawed, hilariously stupid humanity.
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The Clovehitch Killer is a creepy little movie about a creepy little idea, the parasitic kind that worms through the ear canal and eats away at brain matter.
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This volume is clearly critic Nate Chinen’s resounding response to the “jazz is dead” chant.
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George Szell’s Reign is ultimately an accessible, often sociable, but sometimes perplexing fan’s history of the Orchestra and its storied music director.
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Shining leads make up for a problem play that, in this production, has been further problematized.
Read MoreI’ve served on several dozen film juries about the globe in the last three decades. I can’t recall ever having a choice of so many splendid films from which to award a grand prize.
Read MoreThe founders of the Tenement Museum would have been pleased to see visitors drawing parallels both with the immigration headlines in the news.
Read More“If, as a reader, you’re expecting the standard rap on meat, then, well, you’re in for an unexpected history.”
Read MorePaul West’s goal is to expand consciousness through the uninhibited play of the imagination, to revel in the glory of words, not to preach lessons in civic do-gooding. And that anarchistic intensity has gotten him into trouble with those who mistakenly believe that exploring the mind of evil indicates approval.
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Music Commentary: Free-For-Alls Bode Well for Jazz’s Future
The obvious question is how can such a sprawling free festival – and the nightly fireworks shop that capped two of the nights – happen in such a cash-strapped city?
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