'The Dutchman' takes you on a subway ride into a world where reality comes into question and the Black experience in America is examined.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Trojans,’ a New SynthWave Musical by Leegrid Stevens
This high-school-football retelling of 'The Iliad' is a voluminous, rainbow-hued spectacle of glory days and myth, staged and played with pomp and passion.
Read More »SXSW 2025 Film Review: ‘Another Simple Favor’ with Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively
'Another Simple Favor' joins Paul Feig's other SXSW hits such as 'Bridesmaids' and 'Spy' in making him a SXSW festival favorite.
Read More »Music Reviews: Kinky Friedman’s ‘Poet of Motel 6,’ plus Chris Walz
Music Reviews: The final album from the idiosyncratic Kinky Friedman, who died lat year, is a moving affair. Also, folkie Chris Walz makes an auspicious debut.
Read More »Athena Film Festival Review: ‘Lilly’ Starring Patricia Clarkson
'Lilly' is based on the true story of Lilly Ledbetter who fought Goodyear and initiated passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
Read More »Concert Review: An All-Beethoven Program from Modus Operandi Orchestra, Pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine
Maestro Justin Bischof went with tried-and-true classics, and in their hands, bows, and embouchures Beethoven seemed to spring to life.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Inspector Ellis’
In this new UK crime drama, DCI Ellis (Sharon D Clarke) takes over failing investigations and gets them back on track.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Whitstable Pearl’ Season 3
Whether she's in her restaurant or out solving cases, Pearl (Kerry Godliman) cares deeply about the town of Whitstable.
Read More »Theater Review: ‘Liberation’
'Liberation' questions and explores the strides of feminism in this time when the movement looks as if it has failed.
Read More »Music Reviews: ‘That’ll Flat…Git It!’ Series Unearths More Vintage Rockabilly
Since 1993, Germany’s Bear Family label has been reissuing rockabilly sides—and in some cases, unearthing previously unreleased gems—and to date, the series comprises a whopping 49 albums.
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