@pkeough1.bsky.social writes that the spirit of documentarian extraordinaire Frederick Wiseman lives on at the @iffboston.bsky.social, through April 29 at the Somerville Theatre
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The newsletter takes flight! Links to the week's reviews, including a new film version of Camus's "The Stranger" and Angkor Dance Troupe’s "A Khmer Swan Lake." My editorial condemns American silence about cultural genocide.
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Jessica Lockhart on a performance at @icaboston.bsky.social by the Vimoksha Dance Company, a Boston-based ensemble that blends Indian classical forms with contemporary dance to probe such topics as birth, patriarchy, and migration.
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Michael Marano on the Independent Film Festival Boston, which kicks off tomorrow: its screenings offer a grand selection of must-see indie films that set audiences free from the soulless product of corporate franchises.
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Tim Jackson's documentary "Marblehead Morning" takes a compelling look at beloved New England folk duo Mason Daring and Jeanie Stahl’s drama-free half-century. Screening at the @iffboston.bsky.social
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Is there any director in the world more taken for granted than France's François Ozon? For Gerald Peary this is the adaptation of Albert Camus' "The Stranger" we've been waiting for: smart and sensuous, also feminist, anti-colonialist, and definitely gay-friendly. @thecoolidge.bsky.social
On its new album, "Loon & Thrush," writes Paul Robicheau, the rotating collective Club d'Elf, led by Mike Rivard, has turns its usual blend of dub, jazz, funk, electronica, hip-hop, and prog into a delightfully heady stew.
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Brooks Geiken writes that two standout releases -- from #AdamOFarrill and #daveadewumi -- showcase adventurous composition, tight ensemble interplay, and the next wave of trumpet-driven jazz. Out Of Your Head Records and Giantstep Arts
Lauren Kaufmann on "Derrick Adams: View Master" at the ICA/Boston: Jubilant collages, TV motifs, and immersive rooms celebrate 25 years of this Black artist's inventive practice.
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Debra Cash on "A Khmer Swan Lake," performed by the @angkordance.bsky.social at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre. This performance demonstrates how comprehensively Cambodian classical dance has been resurrected across the United States.
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@sarahminaosman.bsky.social thinks "Margo’s Got Money Troubles" is a sharp, locally grounded dramedy that captures the contradictions of suburban Southern California — and the steep cost of survival for young women. The show stars #michellepfeiffer and #ElleFanning
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Peter Keough on a #HarvardFilmArchive retrospective of four films by two Hungarian artists -- #BélaTarr and #LászlóKrasznahorkai -- that unfolds as a monochromatic monolith of mud, misery, human folly, and inexorable corruption.
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This week's poem: "Suffering Is Not Special" by James Cook
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Matt Hanson on a trio of handsome new editions of books by #nancylemann. Lemann is a born and raised New Orleanian, and her mind is never far from the eccentricities of the crescent city. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social @hubcitypress.bsky.social
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Martin Copenhaver on Matthew Lombardo's stage farce "When Playwrights Kill": In this high-energy comedy of creative frustration, history—and hubris—repeat themselves to hilarious effect.
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If there is a through-line consolidating Ian Buruma’s study of survival, "Stay Alive: Berlin 1939-45," writes Joseph Horowitz, it is the admonition: Do not rush to judgment. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
The newsletter is out and about. Links to the latest reviews and views. A guest editorial: "It is deeply unfair that human musicians are subject to the same monetization rules with those who can generate a track simply by prompting a machine."
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Michael Londra on an experimental -- and prescient -- poetry collection: In "/face," William Lessard examines how technology fragments identity, transforming our faces into data and design. Kernpunkt Press
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Rob Duguay talks to to bassist and songwriter Joseph D. Rowland on revisiting the early album "Foundations of Burden," perfecting Pallbearer’s sound, and bringing heavy atmosphere to an unconventional venue -- WidowMaker Brewing's Hopsmokerfest.
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Jason M. Rubin writes that in his new album "Hope and Fury," Joe Jackson revisits familiar sounds with sardonic flair and surprising warmth on his most concise, eclectic album in years.
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Trevor Fairbrother on "The Wonderful World That Almost Was: A Life of #PeterHujar and #PaulThek" (@fsgbooks.bsky.social): biographer Andrew Durbin sees these charismatic queer artists as historical figures from a lost era that he wants to discover on his own terms.
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With today’s @bostonsymphony.bsky.social in an uproar, lacking direction, writes Joseph Horowitz, attention should be paid to Henry Higginson, who invented the Boston Symphony.
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Our expert critics -- Jon Garelick, Peter Walsh, Tim Jackson, Matt Hanson, Peg Aloi, Noah Schaffer, Blake Maddux, Jonathan Blumhofer, and me supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added.
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@sarahminaosman.bsky.social on "Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair A surprisingly heartfelt reboot that revives the show’s chaotic charm, even if some of the family sparks are missing.
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Margherita Artoni on the volume "Gauri Gill: Acts of Appearance." One of the most compelling voices in contemporary photography, this artist creates work shaped by a dense visual language in which light, composition, and texture serve as active components of meaning.
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Ed Meek on #AdaLimón's "Against Breaking, On the Power of Poetry" (@scribnerbooks.bsky.social). In praising poetry’s power, the 24th poet laureate of the United States leaves clarity—and craft—behind.
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Rob Battles files a diary of shows attended – good, bad, and indifferent — at this year’s #BigEarsFestival as well as comments on some of the event's non-musical joys and hassles.
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Michael Londra on a new translation of Juan Ramón Jiménez's seminal volume "Eternities" -- this volume of poetry could be considered a gallery of invisible tongues schmoozing at heaven’s bandwidth. The Bitter Oleander Press
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Jennifer Jean’s bilingual collection "Other Paths from Shahrazad: an Arabic/English Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by Arab Women" reveals how contemporary Arab women poets redefine storytelling, identity, and survival. @tupelopress.bsky.social
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@pkeough1.bsky.social on two inspiring documentaries at The National Center for Jewish Film Festival: Claude Lanzmann’s haunted pursuit of testimony and Henrietta Szold’s humanitarian legacy illuminate the enduring power of courage and conscience. @thecoolidge.bsky.social
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