arts and entertainment
‘Dark Winds’: Solving an American mystery
June 27, 2022Sharp writing and strong acting keep Dark Winds from the tired soap opera that recent neo-Westerns like the popular Yellowstone saga became mired in.
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‘Stratford-upon-Topanga’ opens summer season with ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’
June 22, 2022Act I of WGTB’s The Merry Wives of Windsor is mildly amusing, while the rollicking, uproarious Act II is highly entertaining.
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‘Better Call Saul’: The fading middle class in a ‘Breaking Bad’ universe
June 21, 2022The Breaking Bad universe has established a template for languishing, but never challenging, diminishing expectations as the American “universe” itself shrinks globally.
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‘Under the Banner of Heaven’: Hell on Earth
June 16, 2022Hulu’s new television series Under the Banner of Heaven is a powerful reconsideration of fundamentalist religion.
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‘A Brother’s Whisper’: A sobering epiphany of Black American life in America
June 15, 2022The film unfolds with an indivisible mixture of sobering reality and epiphany.
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