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Book Review: “Act Naturally: The Beatles on Film” — Everything You Would Want to Know About the Fab Four and Their Five Movies

June 9, 2023
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The problem is that the factoids and bits of trivia supplied by Act Naturally rarely tie back to any larger narrative, or serve any discernible purpose other than to be cataloged.

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Book Review: A French Feminist Struggles with Her Abortion Decision

May 2, 2023
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Does the world really need another personal abortion story? The answer is “yes,” Pauline Harmange argues.

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Television Review: “The Big Payback” — The Road Toward Reparations

January 18, 2023
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The Big Payback doesn’t exhibit a clear slant either way: it simply tells the tale of how a bill asking for reparations came to be, along the way highlighting how past injustice shapes present inequities.

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Visual Arts Review: Mehr Licht! — “New Light: Encounters and Connections”

July 31, 2021
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This wonderfully eclectic show is a post-pandemic invitation to forge new connections and open up fresh conversations.

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Film Review: “Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue” — Existing as a Writer in China Today

May 18, 2021
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For those with sufficient patience and imagination — and are eager to learn more about the Chinese literary scene than what’s found in journalistic headlines — Jia Zhangke’s documentary will be an uncommon treat.

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Rock Album Review: Mitski’s “Laurel Hell” — The Art of Exhaustion

February 10, 2022
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At times, Laurel Hell’s withering fatigue is directed at the clash between commodification and art.

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Television Review: “Love on the Spectrum U.S.” Celebrating Autism — in America

May 18, 2022
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Love on the Spectrum U.S. generates the same joy as its Aussie version: all of the singletons are enormously likable.

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Television Review: “Senior Year” — A Mindless Trip Down Memory Lane

May 16, 2022
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Like the films of the 2000s, Senior Year is filled with chuckles but eschews substance.

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Television Review: “The Survivor” — What Price Survival?

April 26, 2022
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The Survivor examines what happens to someone who made the decision to survive in Auschwitz — no matter how.

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Book Review: “The Tree Stand” — Sharply Observed Stories of Hardscrabble Lives

October 19, 2022
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These are compelling stories about the trials and tribulations of dynamic, working-class characters.

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