Review

Theater Review: Company One’s ‘Greater Good’ Takes Us on a Tour of Privilege. Literally.

August 6, 2019
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Greater Good is a fiercely compelling piece, confronting its audience with a complex exploration of some of the most pressing issues of our day.

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Television Review: “Fire in the Maternity Ward ” — On the Knife-Edge Between Humor and Outrage

August 6, 2019
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If, like me, you tend to see laughter as a form of catharsis then a serious question is raised: is laughing at nihilistic humor all that healthy?

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Jazz Concert Review: Newport Jazz Festival 2019 — Exalting Diversity

August 5, 2019
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“It’s not something to be tolerated,” saxophonist Kamasi Washington said. “It’s something to be celebrated.”

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Film Review: “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” — Chekhov’s Flamethrower

August 5, 2019
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Quentin Tarantino delights in exhausting his audiences as much as he does in entertaining them.

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Film Review: “Luz” — Strangely Compelling Retro Horror

August 3, 2019
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A genre debut as self-assured as Luz is always exciting.

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Book Review: “We Are All Good People Here” — From All Sides

August 3, 2019
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We Are All Good People Here is an enormously insightful examination of how dangerous suggestible people can be, to those around them and to themselves.

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Book Review: “Lady in the Lake” — The Complex Tapestry of Urban Decay

August 2, 2019
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This fine novel is portrait of Baltimore as a city at war with itself.

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Rock Concert Review: The Struts — A New Charismatic Force

August 1, 2019
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Luke Spiller of the Struts: probably rock’s most commanding frontman since Freddie Mercury, Mick Jagger, and Steven Tyler in their prime.

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Theater Review: “She Loves Me” — Amiably Unambitious

August 1, 2019
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This review, like the opening night of She Loves Me, is dedicated to the life and work of the late producer Harold Prince.

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Theater Review: CSC’s “Cymbeline” — The Bard’s Greatest Hits?

July 31, 2019
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The CSC production maintains a sense of romantic adventure throughout, which makes it easier to accept some of the staging’s creative excesses — as well as the loop de loops of the Bard’s plotting.

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