10 stories by "Andrew Chan"
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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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…
