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Kent Jones's 'Hitchcock/Truffaut' is a brilliantly executed glimpse into the minds of two masters in cinema.
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Bombings in Beirut a Day Before Paris Attacks Get Minimal Coverage
All lives matter – ALL lives – and it’s about time the media embraces that fact and proves it by the stories that are covered.
Read More »Concert Review: Saint Thomas Choir and Orchestra of St. Luke’s – Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ and Haydn’s ‘Missa in Angustiis’ (NYC Nov. 12 2015)
Mozart's unearthly achievement with his unfinished 'Requiem' was on glorious display.
Read More »Board Game Review: ‘Ghostbusters’ from Cryptozoic
Buckle on your proton packs and wrangle some ghosts in this new cooperative game with the same Ghostbuster spirit as the movies.
Read More »Remembering My Dad and The Greatest Generation on Veterans Day
Remembering the Greatest Generation as it dims from memory.
Read More »Music Review: Bob Dylan – ‘The Best of The Cutting Edge 1965–1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12’
This series of previously unreleased material just keeps getting better, nearly a quarter-century into its existence.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Hallow,’ Irish Horror Directed by Corin Hardy
Hardy's feature debut is short on plot development but long on style and creepy atmosphere.
Read More »PC Game Review: ‘Sword Coast Legends’
Sword Coast Legends fails to live up to its potential, delivering a generic repetitive campaign and creation tools that are easy to use but have no depth.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Director Adam Egypt Mortimer’s ‘Some Kind of Hate’ Tries to Breath New Life Into the Slasher Genre
"Some kind of Hate" will more than satisfy genre fans on any day of the week.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Cuckooed’ Starring Comedian Mark Thomas
What happens when you learn a friend has betrayed you? Mark Thomas explores this theme with the true story of corporate spies in an activist group.
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