Elvis Costello Seeks Hope and Beauty in the Music on His ‘National Ransom’ Album

Elvis Costello Seeks Hope and Beauty in the Music on His ‘National Ransom’ Album
Filed under: Spinner Interview Throughout his more than 30-year career, Elvis Costello is one of the few artists of whom it can be said he has truly done it all, continuing going wherever the music takes him. His superb latest collection, ‘National Ransom,’ finds the music and producer T Bone Burnett taking him back in time, exploring seemingly anachronistic “1920s rock ‘n’ roll” on ‘Slow Dance …
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Capsule reviews of films playing the week of Oct. 6
By Matt Brunson THE AMERICAN The title would suggest that here’s a film reminiscent of Mom and apple pie; in truth, it has more in common with Padre and panna cotta. Deliberately paced and artfully rendered, this frequently feels like an Antonioni knockoff whose prints ended up at the multiplexes instead of the art-houses. George Clooney stars as Jack, an assassin who hides out in a small …
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