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...must grow closer to? Which Israeli actions does the Crimson staff consider “atrocities” rather than legitimate self-defense? Rather than answer such questions and provide concrete policy prescriptions, the Crimson falls back on the trope—popular among totalitarian regimes during the Cold War??that Israeli actions are imperialist and racist. The Crimson appears to place unilateral blame for the failure of the peace process on Israel, making no mention of the rejectionism or eliminationist ideology of Israel’s enemies. Nowhere does the Crimson recognize the multiple times Israel...
...darkly resonant, almost tribal, beats which raid songs such as “We Want War?? convey an immense darkness while Barnett plots an exploration of his own personal psyche (“Three thousand thoughts in our mind / That’s when we’re slicing through time”). The orchestral movements of “We Want War?? constitute a deluge of dark intensity, particularly when the drums break into an episode of gothic-inspired choric voices, pushing the song to a climax of musical splendor...
...surprise that producer Mark Ronson’s R&B protégé isn’t exactly unpredictable. Much like Ronson’s previous collaborator, Amy Winehouse, Merriweather makes music that’s all about immediacy. Every song on “Love & War?? feels like a single, relying on a simple, catchy melody that inevitably builds to a climactic but predictable bridge. If you’re 30 seconds into a track and not bobbing your head, you might as well skip...
...Giving Everything Away for Free” is one of those overreaches, ultimately a little too stripped-down for Merriweather’s style and a little too egotistical to communicate the feeling of selfless love he’s going for. But by then, “Love & War?? has already succeeded, and it’s easy to spot him a throwaway track. Those looking for Winehouse’s male counterpart may be disappointed—Merriweather has an expressive voice with a surprising upper register and a certain reckless charm to boot...
...documentary filmmakers like Frederick Wiseman (“Domestic Violence”)—“kind of the godfather of cinéma vérité,” in the words of Horovitz—and Errol Morris (“The Fog of War??), compared by critic Roger Ebert to Alfred Hitchcock and Federico Fellini. The high concentration of filmmakers in the area is due in part to the number of colleges and universities, many with strong film programs, located in the Boston area...