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David Dastmalchian

Film Review: “Late Night with the Devil” — Retro Occult Wizardry

March 22, 2024

Posted in Featured, Film, Review

The Cairnes brothers explore how the analog media trickery of a bygone era may illuminate our current obsession with what is real.

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Allen Michie on Book Review: “The Jazzmen” — Three Private and Public Lives, IntertwinedMay 12, 2024
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