BRONX GOTHIC: Okwui Okpokwasili July 1, 2017 Arts/Culture/Music/Review/Style BRONX GOTHIC: Okwui Okpokwasili Summary: From director Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside the New York Times, The First Monday in May) comes More
Nowness: In Residence: Mark Haddawy June 24, 2017 Arts/Culture/Galleries/On Trend/Places/Review/Style “High up in the Hollywood Hills sits the Lautner Harpel House, an unrivalled example of signature Californian architecture. After acquiring the house More
Endless Poetry – Alejandro Jodorowsky June 22, 2017 Arts/Culture/Review/Style Film Review: ‘Endless Poetry’ By Owen Gleiberman Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Endless Poetry’ is the most accessible movie he has ever made, and it More
Fela Sowande: Past, Present and Future June 10, 2017 Arts/Culture/Music/On Trend/Review/Style Fela Sowande: Nigerian musician and composer. Considered the father of modern Nigerian art music. Born in Abeokuta, near Lagos, 29 May 1905. More
What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah May 6, 2017 Arts/Culture/Galleries/Music/On Trend/Review/Style Named one of the most anticipated books of 2017 by Buzzfeed, Time Magazine, Elle, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Globe, the Millions, Nylon, the Minneapolis More
Devils in Daylight by Junichiro Tanizaki: translated by J. Keith Vincent May 6, 2017 Arts/Culture/Galleries/Music/On Trend/Review/Style A suspenseful early novella about obsession, voyeurism, and Tokyo’s seedy criminal underworld One morning, Takahashi, a writer who has just stayed up More
On the Beach at Night Alone – Hong Sang-soo April 15, 2017 Arts/Culture/Galleries/On Trend/Review/Style On the Beach at Night Alone: Berlin 2017 Review: Independent; 101 minutes: Director: Hong Sang-soo: Written by Rory O’Connor on February 17, More
Music & Literature: Frontier by Can Xue: Reviewed by Canaan Morse March 19, 2017 Arts/Culture/Galleries/On Trend/Review/Style Frontier by Can Xue tr. Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping (Open Letter, March 2017) Reviewed by Canaan Morse Reading is an More
Jeong Kwan, the Philosopher Chef by Jeff Gordinier: The New York Times March 12, 2017 Arts/Culture/Galleries/Music/Style Jeong Kwan, the Philosopher Chef by Jeff Gordinier: Images by Jackie Nickerson: The most exquisite food in the world, say many celebrated chefs, is More
The Music Room (Jalsaghar), Satyajit Ray March 12, 2017 Arts/Culture/Music/On Trend/Review/Style Review: | Roger Ebert January 17, 1999 | Satyajit Ray’s “The Music Room” (1958) has one of the most evocative opening scenes More