Reviews

Top 10 Movies: #1 – Children of Men

July 19, 2018July 18, 2018 Chris SunamiBest

Repost: Just rewatched this amazing film recently, and what once felt like a warning from the near future now feels ripped from the headlines… Today, most people know director Alfonso Cuarón as the first Latino[…]

"Octavia Butler" by Sandy Oppenheimer

Kindred

June 28, 2018June 27, 2018 Chris SunamiIdentity

Repost in honor of Butler’s birthday, and her selection for a Google Doodle: The late, great Octavia Butler was best-known as a rare black female superstar in a genre –science-fiction –largely dominated by white men.[…]

Alt Classical: The Innovators

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 Chris Sunamialt-classical

Reposted from 2015 This week brings a new installment of my series on alt-classical music –music that combines the instrumentation, elegance and sophistication of classical music with the vitality of newer and more modern approaches[…]

Stevie Wonder: Philosophical Music

January 25, 2018January 23, 2018 Chris SunamiArt

It occurred to me recently that in my survey of philosophical music I had too long overlooked perhaps the premiere philosopher of transcendent pop music, Mr. Stevland Wonder (an artist I had the exquisite pleasure[…]

Alt Classical: The Jazz Connection

January 18, 2018January 19, 2018 Chris Sunamialt-classical

Repost from 2014 A month or so ago, I explored the “cover songs” side of alt classical music, a genre that combines the pleasures of classical music with the vitality of more modern forms. This[…]

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If You’re Feeling Like a Pimp, Luke… : The Unexpectedly Fresh “Last Jedi”

December 28, 2017December 28, 2017 Chris SunamiMovies

I think the critical consensus is that all of us –steeled for disappointment after the travesty of the prequel trilogy –were perhaps just a little overly celebratory of The Force Awakens, a film that exceeded[…]

Does Jay-Z’s 4:44 Live Up to Beyonce’s Lemonade?

November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 Chris SunamiArt

Following the artistic leap forward represented by his wife’s album, Lemonade, it was a necessity for Sean “Jay-Z” Carter, AKA “Mr. Beyonce,” to respond with something that could reasonably be placed next to it on[…]

Allegiance

October 26, 2017October 25, 2017 Chris SunamiPlays and Musicals

Allegiance is returning to theaters for a one day only engagement, on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor! See it if you can! You may not have heard of the recent Broadway musical Allegiance. You might[…]

Context is Everything: This is Us

October 5, 2017October 4, 2017 Chris SunamiHistory

In honor of Season Two’s recent premiere, please enjoy this repost: One of the least understood impacts of technology on modernity is the way it alters context, and the way that, in turn, shapes how[…]

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Alt Classical: The Innovators

Alt Classical: The Jazz Connection

If You’re Feeling Like a Pimp, Luke… : The Unexpectedly Fresh “Last Jedi”

Does Jay-Z’s 4:44 Live Up to Beyonce’s Lemonade?

Context is Everything: This is Us