May 7, 2022
Weekender: New Twitter. Doctor Strange’s Multiverse. Faith in musicals. SDG on The Northman.
Looking Closer has a new Twitter account! Also: Here are my first…
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May 6, 2022
Arcade Fire’s big noise is back, and so are the sermons
Arcade Fire's seven-track tapestry of anxiety, alienation, and…
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April 29, 2022
Catch the rare treasure Petite Maman on the big screen if you can
Like Jacques Doillon's Ponette and John Sayles's The Secret of Roan Inish,…
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April 23, 2022
Conflicted about The Northman’s conflict
With full respect for arguments to the contrary, I'm of a mind to say that…
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April 17, 2022
Weekender: Allison Russell, Philip Yancey, and Enchanted Journey II: Ex-vangelical Boogaloo
In this edition of The Weekender, a miscellany of podcast highlights,…
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April 15, 2022
Alas, it may be too late for you to see one of 2022’s most enthralling cinematic experiences
The greatest films are becoming the most difficult to see in a theater.…
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April 4, 2022
Jon Batiste’s “We Are” — a Looking Closer Top 20 of 2021 favorite — wins Album of the Year.
One of my favorite records of 2021 won the Album of the Year award: Jon…
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