Todd Almond continually gets waylaid just trying to be a decent and reasonably happy version of himself in this charmingly surreal musical storytelling session.
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Tribeca Festival Movie Review: ‘In the Hand of Dante’ With Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot – a Suspenseful Thriller
Like Dante Alighieri’s 'Divine Comedy' and Nick Tosches' novel 'In the Hand of Dante,' Schnabel’s unique and mesmerizing film adaptation of the novel does not lend itself to facile understanding.
Read More »Music Reviews: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Live from Asbury Park,’ plus the Knack, Iris DeMent, Rachelle Garniez, and R.W. Hampton
Springsteen’s return to his home turf lends a special flavor to this performance.
Read More »Concert Review: Simone Dinnerstein, Baroklyn, Concora Play Bach and Philip Glass at the Naumburg Bandshell
One of our foremost contemporary Bach interpreters, Dinnerstein also consistently celebrates the music of the now 89-year-old Philip Glass.
Read More »Music Review: Noah Meites – ‘COUNTING’
Let your mind create its own pictures...
Read More »Tribeca Festival Documentary Review: ‘American Zoo’ – the Rise and Fall of the Catskill Game Farm
Underneath the clean, white American brand of America's first private zoo lurked an association with Hitler’s criminal crony Hermann Göring.
Read More »Music Review: Ana-Marija Markovina – Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Complete Solo Piano Works Vol. 1
Fanny Hensel, sister of Felix Mendelssohn, composed some 450 works. And it isn't enough to say that her music is as skillfully composed as that of her male peers. Like theirs, it has a distinctive voice (or voices).
Read More »Music Reviews: Willie Nelson’s ‘Dream Chaser,’ Gene Parsons’s ‘Kindling and Beyond,’ and More
“Today, I looked in the mirror, and I caught me by surprise. The man I saw lookin’ back at me, I almost didn’t recognize."
Read More »ATX TV Event: Classic ‘Twilight Zone’ Moments with a Rod Serling Biographer
Every seat in the room was taken when the presentation began with a showing of Season 1 Episode 5 of The Twilight Zone, “Walking Distance.”
Read More »Theater Review: ‘Girl, Interrupted’ – Stunning Music, Memorable Performances
'Girl, Interrupted' by Matyna Majok with music by Aimee Mann is based on the Susanna Kaysen memoir. Its themes echo with haunting poignance.
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