Tag Archive for ‘raps & reviews’
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.
“Bodies, Grids, and Ecstasy” Exhibition at KAI 10 | Arthena Foundation—Margret Eicher and Lena Schramm in Conversation with Dr. Sebastian Baden
Postmodernism galore, just the way I like it.
Miyazaki Hayao’s 君たちはどう生きるか [How Do Y’all Live?]
Seven years of development are more than enough for a script to lose focus.
Wim Wenders’s Perfect Days
If, at the end, you don’t know whether to be joyful or sad, you’re in good company.
David Ayer’s The Beekeeper
The exact dose of gratuitously violent popcorn entertainment I was looking for.
Tropical: Stories from Southeast Asia and Latin America | National Gallery Singapore
If you happen to be in Singapore between now and March 24, 2024, don’t miss this! :)
Chaïm Soutine Exhibition | K20
How cool would it be to create a game where you live inside the worlds of these paintings.
notabu.ensemble neue musik | DEC 6, 2023
With respect to art music, this year ends as fantastic as it began.
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Yamazaki Takashi’s『ゴジラ-1.0』[Gojira Mainasu Wan]
Hands down one of the best movies in Tōhō’s Kaijū franchise.
“Bodies, Grids, and Ecstasy” Exhibition at KAI 10 | Arthena Foundation—Verena Issel and Roy Mordechay in Conversation with Ludwig Seyfarth
From grids to layers to memory, so much of it was right up my alley.