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Micro-Reviews 2024
Collecting Micro-Reviews originally published on Instagram, Mastodon, and Letterboxd.

Viktor Kossakovsky’s 2024 Architecton
Not much to chew on beyond impressive cinematography, music, and sound design.

New Counterpoints: “Musica do Brasil Meets ‘Save the Rainforest’” | SEP 29, 2024
Fantastic concert with ace performances of Brazilian folk/art songs and Neue Musik compositions.

Bayreuther Festspiele 2024: Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde by Þorleifur Örn Arnarsson and Semyon Bychkov
Some nitpicking, but that didn’t take away from the overall experience, which was awesome.

Tonhalle: Mahler 5, Bansal, Haydn
Two great symphonies and a commission that were thoroughly enjoyable.

Wei Shujun’s 河边的错误 [He bian de cuo wu/Mistake(s) by the River]
Welcome to Wei’s postmodern neo-noir period mystery rabbit hole.

Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest
An extraordinary movie that is, and should be, deeply disturbing.

The Quatuor Ébène String Quartet at Robert-Schumann-Saal, Düsseldorf
Another thoroughly enjoyable string quartet experience.

Trần Anh Hùng’s ノルウェイの森 [Noruwei no Mori/Norwegian Wood]
An enjoyable movie worthy of a better script.

Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element
A collection of enormously silly adolescent fantasies, but entertaining.

Manfred Trojahn’s Septembersonate by Johannes Erath and Vitali Alekseenok
A chamber play with a chamber orchestra focused not on dramatic events but internal torments.