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New Releases by Bill Evans, Isabelle Faust, De La Soul, and Naqsh Duo Freshen Up Familiar Sounds

In Music Reviews, Shelf Life by Chris BarrettMarch 8, 2017leave a COMMENT

Bill Evans Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest (Resonance, 2016) This double-disc set of forgotten music from a short-lived Bill Evans lineup is a welcome exception …

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Terrence Malick’s ‘Thin Red Line’ and Krzysztof Kieslowski’s ‘Dekalog’ Among Best New Arrivals at Knox County Public Library

In Movies & TV, Shelf Life by Chris BarrettJanuary 25, 2017leave a COMMENT

The Thin Red Line (1998) Hollywood has long loved the A-list-roll-call war movie. A few are worth watching: Tora! Tora! Tora!, with its cast of elders, led by Martin Balsam …

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Enjoy Sounds of the Season From Knox County Public Library’s Streaming Music Service

In Shelf Life by Chris BarrettDecember 21, 2016leave a COMMENT

Knox County Public Library has hundreds of compact discs of winter holiday music. But as you may have already learned the hard way, most of them are checked out just …

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Remember When? New Movies About Better Days at Knox County Library

In Movies & TV, Shelf Life by Chris BarrettDecember 7, 2016leave a COMMENT

Susan Slept Here (1954) Here’s an old-fashioned Technicolor charmer back on the market just in time for the holidays. Decide for yourself whether the plot is racy or ridiculous: In …

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Catching Up With New Video Releases at the Knox County Public Library

In Movies & TV, Shelf Life by Chris BarrettNovember 23, 2016leave a COMMENT

Schneider vs. Bax (2015) Like so many things Dutch, this dark comedy is sleek and stylish and defiant of convention. Ramon Bax (Alex van Warmerdam, who also directed) is sequestered …

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