reviews
Netflix anime ‘Yasuke’ puts spectacle over substance for the Black samurai
June 18, 2021There’s more spectacle than substance even with a quality voice cast.
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‘A Lad’s Love’: New CD sings of an era of suppressed homosexuality
June 4, 2021Brian Giebler is the new tenor on the block, announcing himself in his stunning début CD release as the torch-bearer, with a shock of headcurls, for a new generation of homophile British composers.
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Hilton Obenzinger’s ‘Witness 2017-2020’: Witness for the prosecution
June 2, 2021'Witness 2017-2020' is a powerful work from the heart and mind, a chronicle of the Trump and Plague Years.
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Varieties of working-class women: ‘Wanted,’ ‘Bitter Daisies’ and ‘Mare of Easttown’
June 1, 2021In large parts of the world, anywhere between 50 and 70% of women are now actively engaged in the workplace. Most earn less than men, and many perform the essential service and caring jobs that keep...
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‘9 to 5’: Documentary provides organizing lessons for working women today
May 10, 2021The Vietnam War raged. Student protests on campus became deadly. The Pill gave rise to the sexual revolution. Gender norms were challenged by the feminist movement. It was the 1970s in the United States.
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