11 stories by "Andrew Chan"
Here, there, Middle of Nowhere: the singer embraces the messy in-between on her latest album.
Middle of Nowhere, by Kacey Musgraves,
Lost Highway Records
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In a pop…
Qian Zhongshu’s epic picaresque from 1947 presents a world in which fraudulence and opportunism cast a shadow across all levels of society.
Fortress Besieged, by Qian Zhongshu, translated…
Paris Barclay's new documentary presents a moving portrait of a lonely, beloved, enigmatic musician.
Billy Preston in Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It. © Abramorama.
Billy P…
Who was the Boss?: the musician's outsize influence in Scott Cooper's new biopic makes for too tidy of a story.
Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhe…
The singer's sixteenth studio album, Here for It All.
Here for It All, by Mariah Carey, Gamma
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Pop superstars, whose talents are so often eroded by the rigors of …
Elegiac and optimistic, misanthropic and humanistic: a retrospective of the documentarian's extraordinary work spanning over half a century.
Still from Near Death. Courtesy Zipporah Films.
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Jane DeLynn's newly republished coming-of-age novel set in the pre-Stonewall '60s is comedic, haunting, and decidedly untidy.
In Thrall, by Jane DeLynn,
Semiotext(e), 311 pages, $17.95
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In a two-part retrospective of the director's oeuvre, the 1956 tragic romance Sound in the Mist is a powerful standout.
Ken Uehara as Kazuhiko Onuma and Michiyo Kogure as Tsuruko in Sound i…
In her latest album, Eternal Sunshine, the pop artist reveals
a mind far from spotless.
Eternal Sunshine, by Ariana Grande, Republic
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A new solo album showcases the irresistible pleasures of the country artist's vocal powers.
Higher, by Chris Stapleton, Mercury Nashville
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Like nothing else in th…
The group's latest album channels the vibrant, yearning sounds and struggles of American history and personal loss.
Weathervanes, by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit,
Southeastern / Thirty Ti…
