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Neil Giordano

Film Review: “MLK/FBI” — A Necessary Cautionary Tale

A powerful document about the persecution of an American icon and the government that tried to destroy him.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Martin Luther King Jr., MLK/FBI, Sam Pollard

Visual Arts Commentary: An Enduring New England Design Influence — The Shaker Style

As we move into the 21st Century, with the Climate Crisis and consumerism on the rise, the Shaker’s “less is so much more” sensibility takes on even more significance, practical as well as spiritual.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Mark Favermann, Shaker Style

Opera Preview: Boston Lyric Opera Revamps Philip Glass’s “Fall of the House of Usher” for Today

How do you make filmed opera relevant in the Age of COVID? The BLO isolated the performers from one another and made E.A. Poe’s story the dream of an immigrant child in detention on the US/Mexico border.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Opera, Preview Tagged: Boston-Lyric-Opera, Fall of the House of Usher, Philip Glass

Book Review: “World of Wonders” — A Natural Counter to the Chaos of Our Political Moment

These essays aren’t overly scientific; instead, they remind us, with a gentle nudge, to take delight in nature, to pay attention to it, to be observant.

By: Patrick Conway Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Milkweed Editions, Patrick Conway, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies Whale Sharks and Other Astonishments

Film Review: “Pieces of a Woman” — “They give birth astride of a grave…”

Pieces of a Woman is an affecting film about the depths of mourning highlighted by Vanessa Kirby’s gut-wrenching lead performance.

By: Nicole Veneto Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Kornél Mundruczó, Pieces of a Woman, Shia LaBeouf, Vanessa Kirby

Film Review: “Herself” — “Safe as Houses”

While the film is determinedly called “Herself “(“you got this, girl…”), the subtitle could equally have been “It Takes a Village…”

By: Ezra Haber Glenn Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Claire Dunne, Ezra Haber Glenn, Herself, Phyllida Lloyd, Ruby Rose O'Hara

Commentary/Interview: Boston Globe Union Negotiations — Two Years On, More Anger and Resistance

Those who value serious journalism (as well as the rights of journalists) should be quite worried about just how lethally Boston Globe management is attempting to undercut the newspaper’s union.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged: Boston Newspaper Guild, boston-globe, John and Linda Henry, Jones Day

Theater Review: “Days to Come” – Wanting to Say Too Much

Mint Theater Company’s choice to revive Days to Come is more intriguing than Lillian Hellman’s muddled play.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Days to Come, Lillian Hellman, Melissa Rodman, Mint Theater Company, Mint Theatre Company

Television Review: “Surviving Death” — Probing Death and The Great Beyond

Surviving Death’s balance between personal experiences and scientific theories makes the series unexpectedly provocative.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Surviving Death

Television Review: BBC’s “The Repair Shop” — Fiercely Amiable

BBC’s The Repair Shop is about hard work and mending battered psyches.

By: Jim Norton Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Jim Norton, The Repair Shop

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