Vovkulaka’s Self-Titled EP Review
Band: Vovkulaka; VolK: vocals; Naya G and JuleZ: percussion and drums; and Ivan Manoloff: 7-string guitar EP: Self-Titled Channeling the ghosts of the past to influence the future is a…
Spies in Disguise Movie Review
Title: ‘Spies in Disguise’ Directors: Troy Quane and Nick Bruno Voice Cast: Will Smith, Tom Holland, Rashida Jones, Ben Mendelsohn, Reba McEntire, Rachel Brosnahan, Karen Gillan and DJ Khaled Subtly…
Advocate Review: Lea Tsemel is an excellent actress, who rivets attention
Some of us in the U.S. are proud to say that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, but Palestinians and ordinary people in large parts of the…
Kevin Lee & The Kings’ Wind It Up Single Review
Band: Kevin Lee & The Kings; Kevin Lee: lead vocals and guitar; Michael Kurtz: lead guitar and backing vocals; Patty Prendergast: bass and backing vocals; and Erik Strommer: drums Single:…
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Movie Review
Title: ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o,…
The Song of Names Movie Review
It’s not all that unusual for people to disappear. Men run away from their marriages. Women from small towns bolt, fed up with kinder, küche and kirche. Not long ago…
Invisible Life (A visa invisival) Movie Review
Sisterhood is powerful. That’s a good slogan for our own time but had a different meaning in the 1950s. With “Invisible Life,” director Karim Aïnouz follows up on his “Praia…
Portrait of a Lady On Fire Review: Their tsunami of forbidden emotions is palpable
Now that Céline Sciamma’s film has been tapped by the New York Film Critics Circle for Best Cinematography, you may be even more curious to find out just how good…
Making Waves Review: Not only an education but quite an entertaining one
I’ll bet you thought that when the two sides clashing in Mel Gibson’s movie “Braveheart,” or the sound of jet fighters blasting away in the sky came from, well, the…