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October 2024

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Ralph Waldo Emerson for Everyone

James Marcus has written a companionable biography, meaning he always seems right next to the reader, explaining his approach as he goes along and places himself in relation to his…
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2024-10-02 10:03

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Sally Rooney’s ‘Intermezzo’ Discloses a Deep Debt — to James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’

The novelist, called a ‘Salinger for the Snapchat generation,’ writes under the long shadow of Ireland’s greatest author.…
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2024-10-02 10:00

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Tony Winner David Henry Hwang’s 2007 Play ‘Yellow Face’ Makes Its Broadway Bow

Under Leigh Silverman’s sprightly direction, this new production confirms both Hwang’s flair for satire and his prescience as a social critic.…
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2024-10-02 03:31

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The Playwright Behind ‘Fat Ham,’ James Ijames, Is Back Off-Broadway, With ‘Good Bones’

‘Bones’ is a relatively quiet, straightforward work when compared with ‘Ham,’ but as a piece of social commentary the new play is just as ambitious, and arguably even more urgent,…
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2024-10-02 03:15

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A Revisit to ‘’Salem’s Lot’ Freshens Up an Early Stephen King Yarn

While very little of the novel’s social and religious commentary comes through, draining the film and its characters of context and depth, ‘’Salem’s Lot’ thrives when it delves into dark…
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2024-10-01 20:36

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Pianist Orrin Evans Proves To Be a Most Generous Bandleader

His modern, large-scale jazz ensemble performs fresh arrangements of jazz standards, occasional originals, and blues while supporting an all-star line-up of soloists and singers.…
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2024-10-01 20:03

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Robert Downey Jr. Makes His Broadway Debut With a Witty, Charismatic Performance in ‘McNeal’

Downey plays the title character in the new play from Ayad Akhtar, whose probing social conscience and capacity for finding nuance in divisive issues have informed works such as ‘JUNK’…
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2024-10-01 03:00
September 2024

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While ‘You and Me’ Is Not One of Fritz Lang’s Best, It Is Nonetheless a Fritz Lang Film

Powerhouse Films has released a 2K restoration of what it says has become a ‘critical favourite’ over the years. Yet ascribing contemporary standards on such an entertainment simultaneously sells it…
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2024-09-30 20:40

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Singer Veronica Swift Calls Her Latest Project Trans-Genre Music, and It’s a Perfect Label

‘Veronica Swift’ is glam rock, grand opera, and modern jazz all at once. The singer is something of a post-nuclear vaudevillian on steroids, being in constant, kinetic motion.…
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2024-09-30 19:49

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‘Godwin’ Is Almost the First Great Soccer Novel

A masters of contemporary fiction evokes the beautiful game but deserves a yellow card for kowtowing to political dogma.…
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2024-09-30 19:38

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HBO’s ‘Industry’ Is Not The Successor to ‘Succession’, But It’s Becoming Something Better

The show’s third season showed the show evolve from a send-up of the City of London to deeply nuanced portraits of its characters.…
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2024-09-30 15:31

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Arriving From Across the Pond, Jez Butterworth’s ‘The Hills of California’ Is Theater at Its Best

The production is the playwright’s first on Broadway since 2018’s ‘The Ferryman,’ another London import that also featured the luminous Laura Donnelly and a star director, Sam Mendes.…
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2024-09-30 05:00

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The Ford Mustang Mach-E Rally Is at Home on the Range

Ford has turned its electric SUV into an off-road thrill machine.…
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2024-09-29 03:49

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The 2024 Jeep Gladiator Mojave Pickup Will Leave You Entertained

Jeep’s pickup was designed to fly through and over the desert it is named after.…
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2024-09-29 03:37

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Reformed Coffee Makes a Daily Health Drink Out of Coffee

Combining useful supplements with great coffee, it’s the best daily health drink I’ve ever tried.…
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2024-09-29 03:24

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Review: Honor Brings the Folding Phone to a Whole New Thin Level

It’s a flawed phone, particularly for the American consumer, but the hardware is mind-boggling.…
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2024-09-29 03:22

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Preview: Sony’s New PlayStation 5 Pro Is an Odd Proposal

The PS5 Pro is a technically impressive upgrade, but too much money for not enough improvement for the average consumer.…
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2024-09-29 03:21

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Review: Nike SB Dunk by Futura Laboratories

In another era, the artist Futura’s latest SB Dunk would have been an unattainable classic. Today, they’re a steal.…
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2024-09-28 04:54

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Mercedes Brings Logomania Back With the Maybach SL

With a removable roof and no taste, Mercedes tries to win over the affluently garish with their SL680 Monogram.…
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2024-09-28 04:53

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Audio-Technica’s M50X Are the Long-Lasting Headphones to Buy

Now 10 years old, the Audio-Technica M50X are just as good as when they first came out.…
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2024-09-28 04:52

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Record of the Week: Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet (2024)

The hit album of the summer, by the pop princess, is here.…
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2024-09-28 04:50

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App of the Week: Ente Auth

It’s open-source, feature-filled, completely free — and you should use it immediately.…
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2024-09-28 04:49

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David Salle, Poster Boy of the Post Modern, Embraces the Vocabulary of the Digital Age

Salle seems interested in showing us the myriad ways in which painting can engage the act of seeing.…
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2024-09-27 22:36

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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Is a Flop — and Fantastic

The latest from the director of ‘The Godfather’ is the vanity project of an attenuated magus and the visionary valedictory of a lion in winter.…
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2024-09-27 21:48

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Seeking a Dose of ‘Disreputable Cinema’? Check Out Roger Corman’s ‘X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes’

A fervent believer in pinching pennies, turning a profit, and working on the quick, the recently deceased Corman pursued films geared to audiences that were young, prurient, and eager for…
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2024-09-27 18:18

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As Cabaret Season Kicks Off, the Spirit of the Legendary Mabel Mercer Is in the Air

Singer Phillip Officer just performed an excellent tribute to Mercer at Birdland, while KT Sullivan is heading up the annual Mabel Mercer Foundation ‘cabaret convention’ next month.…
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2024-09-27 17:08

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Behind Many Powerful Men, One Will Find the Work of Ayn Rand — Even to This Day 

One of the best features of Alexandra Popoff’s short biography of the writer is that she never quite leaves Rand’s Russian Jewish background behind — as is befitting a book…
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2024-09-27 10:00

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Long Associated With Stephen Sondheim, Maria Friedman Cements the Relationship With ‘Legacy’

It was Sondheim himself who put together Friedman’s first one-woman show at the Cafe Carlyle 20 years ago, and now she both begins and ends her latest offering with his…
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2024-09-26 20:54

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