Tag Archive for ‘raps & reviews’
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.
Sammlung Philara: “What Is Steady Anyway?” & “Artichoke Underground”
If this kind of art is your thing, Freeman & Lowe’s Artichoke Underground will knock your socks off.