On emotional honesty, being left on read by movie theaters
Cutting Room Floor
Have you ever slid into the Facebook direct messages of a movie theater? Now I can say that I have, and it ghosted me.
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‘Microphones in 2020’ is music as memoir
Microphones in 2020 is hard to parse. Its nature defies dissection, a singular song difficult to accurately split into pieces.
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Season 2 of ‘The Umbrella Academy’ is thrilling, supernatural departure to 1960s
This season’s ’60s setting is transformative and captivating, bringing lighthearted fun to the dark world of “The Umbrella Academy.”
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My saving grace: Non-English music
Cutting Room Floor
Wanting to sing along to your favorite songs sounds like a strange and somewhat shallow reason to learn a new language, but I found value in properly understanding songs that resonate with me.
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Inspiration, art museums, Frida Kahlo
Making sense of the sublime
With the COVID-19 lockdown, I’ve been forced to imagine stories, paintings, possibilities and methods of communication without actually experiencing them. But, I realized, that is exactly what Frida Kahlo did all her life.
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‘The Fight’ portrays ACLU’s legal battles against Trump with compelling humanity
Though politically engaged audiences may hazily recall how each of these stories end, “The Fight” brings a novel humanity and urgency to these landmark cases.
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‘Turbulence’ is Ella Vos’ assurance that things do get better
The series of events surrounding the recording of Ella Vos’ debut album were chaotic to say the least.
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Tempting but tiresome, ‘Yes, God, Yes’ never reaches completion
“Yes, God, Yes” does not atone for the sins of its script.
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The Psychedelic Furs’ ‘Made of Rain’ is mostly successful comeback
Made of Rain is an overall triumph for the Psychedelic Furs, especially in a time when ’80s revival music tends to stray further from the beloved originals.
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Alanis Morissette is older, wiser, still real as ever in ‘Such Pretty Forks in the Road’
Morissette is highly skilled with words, and this allows her to express even the messiest of emotions.
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