Commentary
The blogosphere might be very useful as propaganda or as therapy. But it’s not journalism.
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Cinema reviewing exists as a respected profession only as long as the traditional role of the critic is honored.
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An appreciation of a footbridge that intertwines nature with our humanity.
It gradually became clear to me by the mid-’80s that Alan Parker films were, more than those of any other filmmaker, an integral part of my identity as a film lover.
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The final, ineluctable quality that Ornette Coleman brought to the table was that he had an individual “voice,” which is the sine qua non and preeminent ethos in jazz.
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Feisty, funny, frightening when necessary, Boston’s Frank Gallop classed-up the airwaves.
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Taking action on even a modest number of these suggestions will undoubtedly shake up the current puerility of much of American theater criticism.
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Our opera-loving reviewer contrasts his own pieces, written 48 years apart, on the same Offenbach operetta.
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What lies beyond COVID-19 for the arts community?
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Life Commentary: A Cultural Journalist Dealing with Cancer During Covid
It’s never a good time to be diagnosed with cancer, but June 10th, 2020, was among the worst. By that day, 7,454 people had died of COVID-19 in my state of Massachusetts.
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