Reviews of the comedy that ended Elaine May’s directing career, a weak drama with a fine Emma Thompson performance, and a documentary about Linda Ronstadt. Continue reading Then Playing — Ishtar; The Children Act; Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Whitewash by Nikole Hannah-Jones Writing for The New York Times Magazine, Nikole Hannah-Jones uses her acumen as a historian and her insightfulness as a journalist to go deep on U.S. conservatives’ longstanding, hateful crusade against Black citizenry achieving basic equality … Continue reading Outside Reading — Negative Action edition
Cloud Nothings are still Cloud Nothings, and that’s a very good thing. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Cloud Nothings, “Running Through the Campus”
Reviews of Katy Kirby’s sophomore album and the Last Dinner Party’s debut. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Blue Raspberry; Prelude to Ecstasy
Reviews of films directed by Emerald Fennell, Elaine May, and Jack Smight. Continue reading Then Playing — Saltburn; A New Leaf; Kaleidoscope
Reviews of new albums by glass beach, PACKS, and Chemtrails. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Plastic Death; Melt the Honey; The Joy of Sects
Featuring: Brooke Barnes on a modern movie mogul and Frankie de la Cretaz on rise of women’s sports bars. Continue reading Outside Reading — Universal Truths edition
Hana Vu’s latest is a deep dazzler. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Hana Vu, “Hammer”
A fabulously loud debut from an Irish band and a spare but still powerful album from a seasoned singer-songwriter. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Letter to Self; Big Sigh
A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 by Victoria Wilson Nonfiction, 2013 She had so many dogs that she had to take up carpets and get rid of various chairs. A visitor walked into her house, looked around at the … Continue reading Book Report — A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940; The Phoenix and the Mirror
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