These films will no doubt raise your spirits in the dead of winter. The post Film Preview: The Brattle Theatre’s Dead of Winter — Time for Tales of the Beast appeared first on Th…
I thought I'd never seen such a thrilling example of how dance and music can combine and feed each other. The post Dance Review: Dorrance Dance’s Tapestration appeared first on The Art…
I strongly advise you to explore the wizardry of Manual Cinema -- its potential is considerable. The post Theater Review: Two Cheers for Manual Cinema’s”The End of TV” app…
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival production of Othello lacks a tragic dimension not because it highlights Othello's "Otherness," but because it eschews any vestige of grandeur or nobility. Th…
By Steve Elman Each happy marriage is happy in its own way, at least when the partners are jazz and poetic text. I'm tempted to generalize, but I won't. Maybe it's just coincidence that 2018…
A reflection on the whole tradition of combining longish narrative poems to music, especially for performance in a concert hall by large forces (e.g., singers and orchestra). The post Classi…
Mary Oliver's poetic vision reaches back to the American transcendentalists: it encourages us, through an attentive experience of our now threatened natural world, to find a moral compass. T…
M. Night Shyamalan turns the trilogy topper he needed to make after Unbreakable and Split into a preposterous group therapy session. The post Film Review: M. Night Shyamalan’s Broken &…
Director A. Nora Long's decision to collaborate with an all female-identifying design team and crew underscores her commitment to a feminist vision. The post Theater Review: “The Wolve…
Cold War is a timeless story of romantic love, and its persistence in the face of upheaval. The post Film Review: “Cold War” — Love, Etched by Art appeared first on The Art…
Invariably, these economic realities are barriers to entry into the broader cultural arena for the less-well-heeled among us, sustaining inequity. The post Arts Commentary: The Authors Guild…
Josh Begley, in a mere six minutes, demonstrates how impossible the notion of a border wall is, from an engineering and construction perspective. The post Film Review: “Best of Luck w…
Becoming is a contemporary woman's adventure told by an intelligent, funny narrator who took a leap out of her comfort zone and came out of it, with her family intact, to tell the tale. The …
This is yet another sentimental exercise in the mechanics of mother/daughter rapprochement
Heartland proffers a rare combination -- it is a prescient history lesson that also works dramatically.
Demanding that people pay attention to quality is about as audacious a demand you can take in our giddy culture.
In its efforts to cram so much information into so small a space, the narrative becomes unfocused.
A Doll's House, Part 2 comes off as a return to the barn -- after the door has fallen off its hinges.
Pledge is Daniel Robbins' third film, and his first really good one.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
The authors let dance serve as a way of embodied knowing -- an intelligence that can unlock an understanding of physics' theories and abstractions.
This hardscrabble crime thriller is also a powerfully subtle character study.
Is there a future for challenging non-corporate theater (i.e. the fringe), and what does that future look like?
Despite its promising premise, Bess Wohl's script is yet another wan exercise in genial domestic comedy.
Here is what a smart, savvy viewer who likes high-quality entertainment is looking forward to on TV this year.