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About 75 years ago, author James Agee witnessed the arrival of cinema as an art form

In Books, The Scruffy Citizen by Jack NeelyDecember 12, 2017leave a COMMENT

The Works of James Agee, Vol 5 Complete Film Criticism: Reviews, Essays, and Manuscripts edited by Charles Maland Last summer, a few weeks before the Mercury closed as a weekly …

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Q&A: Whistle-blower and Tarbell founder Wendell Potter

In Books, Q&As by Jack NeelyJuly 19, 2017leave a COMMENT

Wendell Potter’s name has a sharp resonance in Washington. For more than 20 years he was an executive in public relations for Humana and CIGNA, until he went public, first …

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Andy Serkis delivers an Oscar-worthy motion-capture performance in the dazzling ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’

In Movies & TV by April SnellingsJuly 19, 2017leave a COMMENT

I’ll confess up front that, before director Rupert Wyatt’s 2011 reboot, I was never a Planet of the Apes fan. I’m not a detractor of the original cycle of films …

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Edgar Wright combines car chases and a pitch-perfect soundtrack in ‘Baby Driver’

In Movies & TV by April SnellingsJuly 5, 2017leave a COMMENT

In a way, it feels strange to applaud an Edgar Wright film for its originality. The director of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World has endeared …

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New singles from Senryu and Siphon preview upcoming albums

In Music Stories, Program Notes by Matthew EverettJuly 5, 2017leave a COMMENT

  The local indie/art-pop band Senryu has been relatively quiet the last few years, as its frantic workaholic frontman and songwriter, Wil Wright, has pursued other projects, principally the wizard-rap …

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