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Annarella and Django: Jouer review – flute and west African lute shine in expressive new partnership
(We Are Busy Bodies) This marriage of instruments is best when the full-band moments are stripped back to highlight the duo’s artistry. The plucked melodic twang of the ngoni, a west African lute, ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
Review: David Gilmour shines on at the end of a beautifully haunting three-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl
Gilmour, who joined psych-prog progenitors Pink Floyd two years after the band's 1965 inception, proved vibrant and vital at his fourth show in Los Angeles and final evening of a three-night-stand ...Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 1 -
Review: Bickering cousins run into 'A Real Pain' exploring Jewish heritage, grief and resentments
Writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg, working alongside a coiled Kieran Culkin, evinces some of the year's finest family dysfunction on a tourist trip to Poland.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 2 -
Review: In sharp documentary 'Dahomey,' African art returns home, but colonialism still stings
A conversation-starter of a film by director Mati Diop, this brief but complex examination of a France-to-Africa transfer of ancient art asks: Who benefits?Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 2 -
Review: In 'Emilia Pérez,' a musical heightened by danger, passion pours out like a confession
Directed by Jacques Audiard, a Frenchman attuned to the internal turmoil of conflicted criminals, the film becomes more than the sum of its spicier elements.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 2 -
Off-White: The Truth About Antisemitism by Rachel Shabi review – racism by any other name
In this sharp and engaging book, Shabi addresses the need to understand and confront antisemitism at a time when it is being downplayed by parts of the left and exploited by others on the right. ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
V13: Chronicle of a Trial by Emmanuel Carrère review – a humane and thoughtful testimony of terror and loss
This forensic account of the 10-month-long trial of those involved in the 2015 Paris attacks, in which 130 people were killed, treads a fine line between empathy and moral judgments while shining a ...World - The Guardian - November 3 -
Paddington in Peru review – you can take the bear out of South America, but think twice before taking him back
The third instalment in the film adventures of the furry marmalade addict may boast Olivia Colman as a singing nun but it lacks home comforts. Just as jolly as the previous two films, but not ...World - The Guardian - November 4 -
Book Review: Sy Montgomery shares ‘What the Chicken Knows’ in new mini hardcover
Why did the chicken cross the roadEntertainment - ABC News - November 4 -
Music Review: State Champs’ self-titled album is enjoyable, quintessential, predictable pop-punk
New York pop-punk band State Champs’ self-titled album is one fans of the genre have heard beforeEntertainment - ABC News - November 4 -
Florida deputies under review after videos of violent fracas with football fans go viral
The Jacksonville, Florida, Sheriff's Office has opened an administrative review as videos circulating online show violent interactions between deputies and fans at this weekend's University of ...Top stories - NBC News - November 3 -
Book Review: 'The Name of This Band is R.E.M.' is a vivid journey through the rock band's history
Peter Ames Carlin writes a cultural history of the rock bank in “The Name of This Band is REntertainment - ABC News - November 5 -
The Old Man season two review – Jeff Bridges’ CIA saga is so silly it’s basically unwatchable
Almost every character in every scene has no idea what’s going on … and the viewer knows even less. It’s awkward, arrogant – and reeks of desperation. There are cliffhangers – and then there is the ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
Red One review – bronto-head Dwayne Johnson weighs down Santa kidnap comedy
Christmassy slush and gush smothers all attempts at comedy in this bland family film about Santa’s musclebound personal security guard. This profoundly depressing and blandly sentimental Christmas ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
Meet Me Next Christmas review – Netflix kicks off season with passable romcom
Christina Milian is a charming lead in the streamer’s first festive offering of the year which is watchable enough given the low bar. Sneaking in just before the fleet of red Coca-Cola trucks comes ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
Movie Review: In Andrea Arnold's 'Bird,' a gritty fairy tale doesn't take flight
British filmmaker Andrea Arnold specializes in capturing souls, human and otherwise, in soulless environmentsEntertainment - ABC News - November 6 -
Movie Review: The Washington family tells a ghost story in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson’
An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in 1936 Pittsburgh in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.”Entertainment - ABC News - November 6 -
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Sony PlayStation 5 Pro Review: More Power, More Immersion, More Money
This updated Sony console delivers better graphics but at a perhaps unreasonably high cost.Tech - Wired - November 6 -
Fantasy Film Room midseason review: Surprises, disappointments and why RBs matter | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast
It's Thursday and 'Fantasy Film Room' is back with Nate Tice and Matt Harmon. The two dive into our midseason review and reveal their biggest fantasy surprise and disappointment of the 2024 season ...Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 7 -
Middle East crisis live: France sees ‘window’ to end wars in Gaza and Lebanon after Trump victory
France’s foreign minister cites Donald Trump’s desire to see end of ‘Middle East’s endless wars’. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has said the presidential election result in the US is a ...World - The Guardian - November 7 -
Point Break review – Keanu and Swayze ride the waves with freaky, genre-hopping style
Kathryn Bigelow’s action-bromance about bank-robbing surfer dudes is an enduring cult gem, thanks to its joining of tropes and tones. Director Kathryn Bigelow’s crazy action romp from 1991 now gets ...World - The Guardian - November 8 -
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds review – up close and existential with rock’s great everyman
AO Arena, Manchester In an expansive, transporting show that draws on his diverse decades and a world of pain, the singer-songwriter turned guru to all sets his sights on the stars – and anyone ...World - The Guardian - November 9 -
The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel review – the great scientist who created her own school
A fresh and feminist study of the pioneering Nobel laureate reveals her impact on the women she mentored and set on the path to prominence. Marie Curie carried out some of her most pathbreaking ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
Book Review: 'Those Opulent Days' is a mystery drenched in cruelties of colonial French Indochina
”Those Opulent Days” is a historical novel set in the Vietnam of the 1920s, when it was part of colonial French IndochinaEntertainment - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Book Review: Reader would be 'Damn Glad' to pick up a copy of actor Tim Matheson's new memoir
Actor-director Tim Matheson takes readers behind the scenes of more than a few of his hundreds of credits in the new memoir, “Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches.”Entertainment - ABC News - 6 days ago -
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Book Review: Richard Price returns with another portrait of urban America, ‘Lazarus Man'
Richard Price may be the street’s premiere storytellerEntertainment - ABC News - 6 days ago -
The Best Smartwatches, Editor Tested and Reviewed (2024): Apple Watch, Wear OS, Hybrid Watches, Kids' Watches
These WIRED-tested wearables reduce your reliance on a phone while keeping you connected.Tech - Wired - 5 days ago