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Where you read it first | Friday, September 20, 2024

Arts



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TV

‘Lovecraft Country’ explores reality through horror, fantasy

The ten-episode series debuted August 16 and has since been produced in weekly installments until October 18. As the brainchild of such notable executive producers Misha Green of "Underground" (2016-2017), Jordan Peele of "Get Out" (2017) and "Us" (2019) and J.J. Abrams of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" (2019), among others, the show is a true fusion of genres.



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Arts

Coppola's 'On The Rocks' is subtle, showy all at once

“On The Rocks” isn’t trying anything particularly new or mind-blowing as a film. However, it’s somehow a both stylish and understated exploration of parenthood, marriage, and fidelity that, more than anything, gives Bill Murray the chance to show off his skills yet again.


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Columns

Livestreamed and Quarantined: Moses Sumney

Uncertainty has certainly become the norm, and while it’s frustrating we can't gather as a community in the same ways that we used to, it's songs like “Rank & File” that remind me how crucially important music is in making sense of the world.





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Columns

Keep the Cameras Rolling: 'Midsommar' and isolation

If you were looking for a fun, maybe even slightly campy thrill-ride to escape back to a simpler time before masks and Zoom trivia nights, "Midsommar" is not that movie. Despite being released in 2019, well before COVID-19 went global, it reflects similar anxieties, emotions and dangers.






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Arts

Boston Book Festival showcases feminist books

In a Boston Book Festival event aptly named “Fiction: Witches and Other Bad Heroines,” on Oct. 25, moderator Bridget Marshall interviewed four authors about the spooky contents of their novels and, more importantly, their radical female protagonists.


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Arts

Rorschach #1 lays dark, intriguing pattern

Despite Alan Moore’s outspoken hatred for any continuation of his comic, the staunch devotion the book’s fans have for it and the equally vicious scorn they have for any kind of follow-up, "Watchmen" sequels are now a fad and have generally flopped hard. Tom King’s Rorschach #1 comic (so far) has not.


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Arts

Janice Lourie: A pioneer in the fusion of art, software

At first glance, Lourie's artworks are geometric, abstract and slightly bewildering. Blocks and layers of colors, shapes and lines serve as the basic composition. The whole picture might look surreal and confusing, but Lourie's inspirations and sources for her multimedia graphic art are in fact based on simple day-to-day matters. 



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Columns

Keep the Cameras Rolling: Satirizing Trump's America with 'Borat'

Just as the jester uses his inherent silliness to make fun of the king, so does Sacha Baron Cohen to reveal the absurdity of the American philosophy toward COVID-19. Borat, the alter ego Cohen has become synonymous with, has proven with his second official outing that the character’s original film was not just lighting in a bottle.



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Arts

'The Trial of the Chicago 7' melds history, present

As the straightforward title would suggest, "The Trial of the Chicago 7" (2020) wastes no time diving into the centerpiece of its plot. Faithfully based on the events of the 1968 Democratic National Convention riots and the infamous criminal trial that followed, the film uses the courtroom as a springboard to explore the ethos of ‘60s revolutionary politics — with eerily familiar themes.