Craig Brewer’s “Song Sung Blue” is based on a 2008 documentary I haven’t seen, but now want to — partly because the story it ...
In his seminal 1981 book “Simulacra and Simulation,” cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard argued that Disneyland is emblematic ...
In November, internationally acclaimed pianist Orion Weiss joined the Arkansas Symphony’s Quapaw Quartet for an absolutely stunning performance of Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet.
Editor’s Note: This review was originally posted during AFI Fest 2025. Focus Features opens the film in theaters on December 25. The best Neil Diamond songs share a few simple traits: they’re catchy ...
“Song Sung Blue” and “The Smashing Machine” are both biopics that came out this year based on documentaries with the same name about their real-life subjects. However, the results couldn’t be more ...
COMMENT | WILSON MANISHIMWE | Umufumbirakazi by Hayes Willit Mugisha, commonly known as Sir Kisoro, is one of those songs that don’t rush but instead settle in quietly and let the message unfold, ...
“I am an entertainer!” Words that echo across a film about ordinary, working-class people risking it all to form a Neil Diamond tribute band that prides itself on being interpreters instead of ...
If you do not know the story of Lightning & Thunder, you’d be forgiven for assuming the saga of the Milwaukee-based husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute act in the 1990s was the stuff of fiction. But ...