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Fantastic Fest Movie Review: Two Kung Fu Films Rocked – ‘Road to Vendetta’ and ‘The Forbidden City’ - Blogcritics

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Fantastic Fest Movie Reviews: Two Kung Fu Films Rocked – ‘Road to Vendetta’ and ‘The Forbidden City’
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Road to Vendetta and The Forbidden City screened at Fantastic Fest 2025, the nation’s largest genre-

TV Review: ‘Unforgotten’ Season 6 - Blogcritics

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TV Review: In ‘Unforgotten’ Season 6, DCI Jess James and DI Sunny Khan are on firmer footing as a team, tackling another bizarre unsolved case. blogcritics.org/tv-review-un... #unforgotten #coldcase #crimedrama #tvreview

It usually takes two years for a new season of Unforgotten to come out, but fans will find it worth

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · 18d

New York Film Festival Review: ‘Miroirs No. 3’ – Director Christian Petzold explores "spiritual consciousness, broken humanity, inner dislocation and the slow road to recovery after trauma" in his new film. Carole Di Tosti has our #nyff #moviereview : blogcritics.org/new-york-fil...

Music Reviews: David Bowie’s ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away [2002–2016]’ plus a Cat Stevens Anthology - Blogcritics

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · 19d

Book Review: ‘The Haunting of Modesto O’Brien’ by Brit Griffin
"Set in Ontario during the silver boom of the early 20th century, the novel takes us on a magical and slightly terrifying ride." Books Editor Richard Marcus has our review: blogcritics.org/book-review-... #noir #books #bookreview

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blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · 19d

Music Reviews: David Bowie’s ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away [2002–2016]’ plus a Cat Stevens Anthology
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Unless David Bowie returns to the land of the living (and anything’s possible where he’s concerned),

Theater Review (NYC): ‘Blood Orange’ by Abigail Duclos - Blogcritics

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Theater Review (NYC): In the riveting ‘Blood Orange’ by Abigail Duclos, two teenage girls create their own powers-that-be. A #horror tale that's fundamentally about #friendship. Through Sept. 27. blogcritics.org/theater-revi... #theater #theatre #theatereview

Young people abandoned. Or stranded. Left to fend for themselves without adult guidance in an unwelc

Graphic Novel Review: ‘Do Admit’ by Mimi Pond from Drawn+Quarterly - Blogcritics

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Graphic Novel Review: ‘Do Admit’ by Mimi Pond from Drawn+Quarterly tells the story of the 6 Mitford sisters—and the biographer herself. blogcritics.org/graphic-nove... @dandq.bsky.social #graphicnovel #books #bookreview

Do Admit Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me by Mimi Pond and published by Drawn+Quarterly tackles

Music Reviews: ‘Joe Meek: A Curious Mind,’ plus a David Bowie Tribute, and Albums from Rory Block, Irving Flores, and Johnnie Johnson - Blogcritics

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blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Sep 11

Music Reviews: New releases from New Focus Recordings include music from "Quake," Kay Rhie's "Odyssey" retelling set in L.A.; Aaron Helgeson's Norwegian fiddle; and Isaac Shieh playing the heck out of new works for natural horn: blogcritics.org/tag/new-focus/

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Sep 11

Music Reviews: ‘Joe Meek: A Curious Mind,’ plus a David Bowie Tribute, and Albums from Rory Block, Irving Flores, and Johnnie Johnson blogcritics.org/music-review... #davidbowie #roryblock #music #musicreview

The late music producer Joe Meek has often been called England’s answer to Phil Spector, and the com

Shocked? Political Violence Ain’t Nothing New - Blogcritics

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Sep 11

Political violence? It's nothing new: blogcritics.org/shocked-poli... Plus, from contributing editor Barbara Barnett, a call for resistance to Trump's authoritarian blueprint: blogcritics.org/trump-projec... #charliekirk #politicalviolence #Project2025

I don't condone political violence, and I don't think I know anyone who does. Or at least – let's be

Book & Music Reviews: ‘Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run,’ plus Reggae from the Mighty Rootsmen and the Kingston Lions - Blogcritics

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Sep 2

Book & Music Reviews: ‘Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run,’ plus Reggae from the Mighty Rootsmen and the Kingston Lions blogcritics.org/book-music-r... #springsteen @brucespringsteen.net

Several albums in Bruce Springsteen’s discography have proven particularly significant, including 19

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Aug 20

Jon Sobel reviews new #music from New Focus Recordings, including Alejandro Flórez's improvisatory #guitar compositions, Neil Thornock's just-intonation piano, Daniel Pesca's folk inspirations & Amos Elkana's tribute to his father: blogcritics.org/tag/new-focu... @newfocuslabel.bsky.social

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blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Aug 20

Music Review: Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center w/Yeol Eum Son, Music of Robert and Clara Schumann, James Lee III—"in the hands of pianist Yeol Eum Son, Clara Schumann's 'Konzertsatz in F Minor' glowed and flowed like silk." Jon Sobel's full review: blogcritics.org/music-review... #classicalmusic

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Aug 19

Theater Review: ‘The Royal Pyrate’ – A New Musical—"a smooth-sailing voyage that cruises on cat-o-nine-tails storytelling, crackling performances, inspired (and mostly merry) music, and barrels of pure fun." Jon Sobel has our review: blogcritics.org/theater-revi... #theater #theatre #pirates

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blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Aug 19

Music Reviews: Counting Crows’ ‘Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets!’ plus Freedy Johnston and Mike Henderson "Arguably, nothing on 'Butter Miracle' is quite as arresting as early triumphs such as 'Mr. Jones.' But Counting Crows hasn’t lost its muse." Full reviews: blogcritics.org/music-review...

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Aug 18

Music Reviews: Isabelle Faust: Bach Violin Sonatas; Hongyi Mo: Poulenc on Violin and Piano—"For sweetness of tone and melodic fluency few can match Isabelle Faust...[while in Hongyi Mo's hands Poulenc's songs] "sound perfectly natural on violin." blogcritics.org/music-review... #classicalmusic #bach

Music Reviews: Nick Drake’s ‘The Making of Five Leaves Left’ and Eric Andersen’s ‘Blue River: Live in Tokyo’ - Blogcritics

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Aug 6

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blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Aug 6

Comic Review: ‘Before We Sail’ by Yacolca and Lino
"A poignant portrayal not just of an apocalypse and the people surviving it, but also of their struggle with the mental weight of meaning in a crumbling world." Jeff Provine has our full #graphicnovel review:
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blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Aug 6

Theater Review (NYC): A Superb ‘The Weir’
Drinks and spirits in a remote Irish pub, courtesy of Conor McPherson, at the Irish Rep.
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(Photo by Carol Rosegg)

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Aug 5

Music Reviews: Isabelle Faust: ‘Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Continuo,’ and Hongyi Mo, John Etsell: ‘Métamorphoses: Poulenc on Violin and Piano’—two notable violin releases.
blogcritics.org/music-review... #classical #classicalmusic #bach #poulenc

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Aug 5

Music Reviews: Nick Drake’s ‘The Making of Five Leaves Left’ and Eric Andersen’s ‘Blue River: Live in Tokyo’—"Let’s hope we’ll soon see similar boxes devoted to the making of Drake’s other two studio albums..." Our full review:
blogcritics.org/music-review... #NickDrake #EricAndersen #music

Reviewers, including this one, have often yielded to the temptation to compare some of today’s artis

Theater Review: H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Whisperer in Darkness’ from RadioTheatre - Blogcritics

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Jul 24

Theater Review (NYC): H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Whisperer in Darkness’ from RadioTheatre "fuses classic horror, retro pop culture, and deceptively high-tech sound and visuals." Our full review:
blogcritics.org/theater-revi... #hplovecraft #lovecraft #nyc #horror #RadioTheatre

It's been a few years since I've experienced an

Music Reviews: Miguel Rincón and Il Pomo D’Oro: ‘Concertos for Baroque Lute’; Makaris: Allan Ramsay’s ‘The Gentle Shepherd’ - Blogcritics

blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Jul 24

Music Reviews: Miguel Rincón and Il Pomo D’Oro: ‘Concertos for Baroque Lute’; Makaris: Allan Ramsay’s ‘The Gentle Shepherd’—Baroque lute, and "the first Scottish opera and earliest ballad opera."
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Miguel Rincón and Il Pomo D'Oro: Concertos for Baroque Lute Lutenist Miguel Rincón writes in his pro

Music & Video Review: An Expanded Edition of Talking Heads’ ‘More Songs About Buildings and Food’ - Blogcritics

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blogcritics.bsky.social @blogcritics.bsky.social · Jul 24

Music & Video Review: An Expanded Edition of Talking Heads’ ‘More Songs About Buildings and Food’—"It happened before, it will happen again..."
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Late last year, Talking Heads’ label released an expanded edition of the new-wave quartet’s groundbr