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There’s a larger story to tell about black composers and musicians breaking into the film and TV business, but its only lightly touched on here.
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A delightful and compact opera — from a generation before Mozart — that cuts various social types down to size.
Read MoreIsango’s Magic Flute/ Impempe Yomlingo is lit by flashes of brilliance. Most can be traced directly to Mandisi Dyantyis’ reorchestration of Mozart’s orchestral score for an ensemble of marimbas.
Read MoreSometimes I wonder if Euripides saw the very texture of reality as ironic. Saw the gods in their interactions with human beings as essentially playing. A frightening idea. But at least it entails the assumption that Euripides himself was not playing. Anne Carson, in her introduction to her translation of Euripides’ “Orestes” in “An Oresteia.”…
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Indo-Pak Coalition’s energized music and performance somehow manages to square the circle — it is as engaging as it is songful and intelligent.
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The Out-Laws is another mild diversion spat out of Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison factory.
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Minor White’s autobiographical undertaking lacks diaristic narrative. There’s too much neurotic navel-gazing too much of the time. Yet it is very appealing as a twisted personal miscellany whose contents range from summaries of sex dreams to snarky letters that were never sent.
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TV’s The Exorcist reinvents its source material for an occult-savvy (not to mention cinema-savvy) audience.
Read MoreWhere to find the best in new documentaries? In the brave new world of digital streaming.
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Arts Commentary: The Oscars 2022 — No Longer So White, But Still Not So Hot
It was soon clear what Oscar was after: two separate younger demographics — one with plebeian cinematic tastes, the other with hip politics.
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