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Frances wants so much more than she has, but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. From Noah Baumbach’s monochrome melancholy comes a charming comedic tale of passion, pain, hope, and despair that can only happen in New York.
With Greenberg, film writer-director Noah Baumbach successfully adds another to his patented string of highly intellectual meanderings full of difficult characters expressing their personal pain by violently thrusting it upon others while feigning self-deprecation.
Jeff Daniels’ newest piece, a musical comedy western, is less about making people laugh and more about showcasing his tuneful songs. Julie Haverkate wonders how a play about a guitar-slinging cowboy could go so wrong.
The Best of hackedepicciotto (Live in Napoli) (Mute). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Ink 19’s Randy Radic spoke with C.L. Turner of the band Arctic Wave to discuss the latest single, inspirations, and next directions.
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Radiance Films resurrects a trio of ghostly mid-century Japanese films for their Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories Blu-ray box set.
Haunted Underground Classics (RockBeat Records). Review by Charles DJ Deppner.
