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This consistently interesting novel adds an unforgettable dimension to an historical event about which we thought we knew all there was to know.
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My mind is busy considering the presence of two distinctly engrossing thrillers of sex and violence set within the adult film industry, one a vividly romantic neo-giallo fairy tale, the othe…
Handel and Haydn Society assembled both a must-hear program and an extraordinary cast of singers.
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What elevates these ordinary lives is director Kent Jones's elegiac distance; the narrative has the feel of a memory piece.
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The fact is, the BSO's 2019-20 season doesn't risk enough and lacks a true spirit of adventure.
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These satanists are far less concerned with organizing decadent ceremonies (though there is a fair bit of that, and it's thrilling to behold) than they are with exposing corruption and hypoc…
Producer Lucas Spiro messed up the audio for this episode -- and put this together so you wouldn't have to go without our sweet, sweet content.
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Shrill picks up narrative strength once see Annie slowly come to terms with the yawning gap between who she is and who she has been told to be by her family, her friends, and society at larg…
"The world is in very bad shape, but cinema in a way is a peaceful life." -- Agnès Varda
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This album does an excellent job of recapturing some of the glory of the original Miles Davis recordings.
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The new Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate removes much of the objectionable material " and a lot of the fun
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Not Medea is a stirring character portrait, a detailed examination of the ruthless demands society makes -- and has always made -- on women.
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Dragon Lady 's power lies partly in its existential authenticity, the power of the personal.
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While the orchestra's program was almost defiantly canonical, it was played with such lightness and energy that you could forgive its disappointing safeness.
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Dino Cattaneo saw an opportunity to mark another ruby anniversary with the help of "killer" " his word of choice " local artists.
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A revival of Anna Ziegler's absorbing and enlightening study of the brilliant British biophysicist Dr. Rosalind Franklin.
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Far more people would recognize Chet Baker's name than Jack Sheldon's -- and that is unfortunate.
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The Ash Family is a full-color illustration of how the modern world leaves people vulnerable to radical ideas.
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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Us is a comic-horror allegory about the revolution of the underclass.
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I saw a handful of fiction films which were well directed, capably acted, and offered meaningful stories.
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In more pedantic hands, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen could easily have been a tedious and frustrating read. Instead, despite the dense and ultimately inconclusive source material, the book is…
Rarely does a book leave me questioning the ways in which I understood, or thought I understood, the construction of some of the most formative solos in jazz history.
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C.D. Wright has woven a poetic text that mirrors the tangled intimacy between humans and the beech, in all of its violence, its confusion, and its beauty.
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The women whose voices make up the play's dialogue are Vermont or New Hampshire residents who have sought medical care at the local VA hospital.
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