“Only Thing That Stops A Bad Guy With A Gun Is A Good Guy With A Gun.” The favorite bull*hit spewed by the NRA, Trumpsters, MAGAs. Nothing is holier than the second amendment, for which there is only one reading, one interpretation according to the usual suspects. Really. No, I …
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Tribeca Film Festival Review: ”We Might as Well be Dead’
'We Might as Well be Dead' focuses on a dystopian world in a Tower community that lives by strict rules and evicts those who violate them
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘My Name is Andrea’
All Women are Andrea One of the most outstanding hybrid documentaries coming out of the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival is Pratibha Parmar’s lyrical profile of a controversial visionary feminist. My Name is Andrea explores the writings, speeches, influence and life of one of the US’s foremost champions of women’s rights. …
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Apothecary’s Garden’ by Jeanette Lynes
In The Apothecary’s Garden, published by Harper Collins, Jeanette Lynes transports readers back in time to 1860 and the exotic locale of Eastern Ontario’s Belleville on the shores of the Bay of Quinte. While the locale may be somewhat prosaic, Lynes has created something magical in this normally staid part …
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Pink Moon’
'Pink Moon' is a poignant and compelling tale about a father's decision to check out of life at the top of his game.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ – The Force is Strong with This One!
The idea that Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen are back in the roles of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader gives me goosebumps.
Read More »Jessie Montgomery and ChamberQUEER Shine with Eastman’s Gay Guerrilla at National Sawdust (12 June 2022)
The rhythmic pulsations of avant-garde composer Julius Eastman cascaded through National Sawdust in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on the closing night of ChamberQUEER’s The Future Is… Festival.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): ‘Mass for the Endangered’ by Sarah Kirkland Snider at the Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs, Brooklyn (14 June 2022)
Death of Classical began its new season of concerts in the Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs with a spectacular piece for chorus and small orchestra.
Read More »Tribeca Review: Jason Schwartzman, Lili Taylor in ‘There There’
There There spools out five open-ended vignettes with sterling performances by Lili Taylor, Jason Schwartzman, Lennie James, Avi Nash and Molly Gordon. Look for Jon Natchez's cool musical riffs.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s New York Debut at Carnegie Hall with Maxim Vengerov (7 June 2022)
The Oxford Philharmonic played Brahms, Bruch, and Pablo de Sarasate at their Carnegie Hall debut.
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