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Vuillard’s ‘The War of the Poor’ and Historical Storytelling

Vuillard’s ‘The War of the Poor’ and Historical Storytelling

Éric Vuillard's engaging The War of the Poor takes a literary approach that is more art than history, but that is a wonderful way to convey important historical events and their long reach into our troubled times.

JuJu Charms: An Interview with Rapper JuJu Rogers

JuJu Charms: An Interview with Rapper JuJu Rogers

Though the rapper's skill set proves him a worthy contender against any of the reigning MCs currently taking the airwaves by storm, JuJu Rogers remains a king in search of a throne.

Nora Krug’s ‘Belonging’ Could Serve as a Model for Understanding Collective Responsibility

Nora Krug’s ‘Belonging’ Could Serve as a Model for Understanding Collective Responsibility

In graphic novel Belonging, Nora Krug takes a single idea – her family's involvement in the Second World War and Nazi Germany – and pursues it with relentless, forensic determination.

‘I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche’ Parallels the Writing Style of Nietzsche Himself

‘I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche’ Parallels the Writing Style of Nietzsche Himself

This new Nietzsche biography really is dynamite: quality characterization meets deep digging, succeeding where legions have failed.

Revisit ’70s and ’80s West German Electro Rock on ‘Deutsche Elektronische Musik 3’

Revisit ’70s and ’80s West German Electro Rock on ‘Deutsche Elektronische Musik 3’

A well-curated collection of vintage German electro rock creates a vast soundscape on Deutsche Elektronische Musik 3.

Woman: Happy Freedom

Woman: Happy Freedom

Happy Freedom may be the only album to make you think of Marvin Gaye and Kraftwerk at the same time.
‘#MyEscape’ Employs Innovative Filmmaking Techniques to Cover the Middle Eastern Refugee Crisis

‘#MyEscape’ Employs Innovative Filmmaking Techniques to Cover the Middle Eastern Refugee Crisis

Director Elke Sasse doesn't need to embellish the refugees’ stories; their own cell phone filmmaking and interviews provide plenty of narrative depth.
Woman – “Marvelous City” (video) (premiere)

Woman – “Marvelous City” (video) (premiere)

Swelling with sonic panic and anxiety, "Marvelous City" overflows like a cauldron of anti-romantic synthpop.
What Is Permissible in the Name of Science, Wartime Expediency, and National Security?

What Is Permissible in the Name of Science, Wartime Expediency, and National Security?

"Our Germans beat their Germans," someone quipped when Wernher von Braun's team of rocketeers put Americans on the Moon, but Operation Paperclip reveals that US involvement with ex-Nazi scientists was far deeper, and far darker.

Helloween: Straight Out of Hell

Duke Ellington Orchestra: Big Bands Live: Duke Ellington Orchestra

Pyrolator: Neuland