This tale of violence and a church cover-up offers a disturbing glimpse into the worst depths of human possibility.
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Good feelings all around—that's the spirit of this uneven but overall quite worthwhile disc.
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No book can convey the sounds that made Neil Young an icon, but this one does an excellent job of documenting his career visually.
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It seems only yesterday the last Checker Cab retired. Now the Crown Victoria is headed for the same graveyard.
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The new license plates bring us back to the 1960s and '70s of my youth, and the 1630s and '40s of New York City's.
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An old landfill leaches vintage 1950s bottles onto the bone-studded beach.
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This original vampire tale only partly realizes its potential.
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Tina Modotti's fascinating life deserves a much better telling than it gets in this very bad play.
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String quintet pushes the envelope with Radiohead, Piazzolla, Barber, Led Zeppelin, and more.
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Mark Bates makes slow-rolling, emotional, but light-footed roots music a la The Band.
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