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Book Review: “Utopia Avenue” — A Broken Record?

July 17, 2020
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These days, I worry that David Mitchell is losing touch with reality.

Television Review: ” I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” — True Crime, with Empathy for the Victims

July 16, 2020
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To its credit, this “true crime” documentary treats the tragedy of each victim with empathy and respect.

Dance Review: José Limón Company at Jacob’s Pillow — Empowering and Necessary

July 14, 2020
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Kudos to Jacob’s Pillow for this stellar beginning to a digital season of dance.

Arts Commentary: Reviewing Music, Re-viewed

July 14, 2020
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Our opera-loving reviewer contrasts his own pieces, written 48 years apart, on the same Offenbach operetta.

Arts Reconsideration: “Pinocchio” at 80

July 12, 2020
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Now that the real live boy is an old man, how’s he holding up in 2020?

Film Review: “Relic” — The Future Is Female, and So Is the Past

July 11, 2020
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Relic draws on the debilitations of both time and space: the inevitable aging of the body and the places we call home, the inescapable repositories of memories, regrets, and the unknown.

Film Review: “The Beach House” — Eco-Horrors on Cape Cod

July 10, 2020
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Sharp, simple, and well-attuned to the hopelessly grim tenor of these past few years, The Beach House knows how doomed we all are, says we deserve it, and prays that, after the tide comes in to wash us out, the rest will be left to flourish.

Book Review: “Cool For America” — A World of Dazed Impermanence

July 10, 2020
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Hardly a portrait of glory from sea to shining sea, these tales drop in on estranged, lost, and overwhelmed people.

Book Review: “Crooked Hallelujah” – On Mothers and Daughters

July 10, 2020
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Crooked Hallelujah is a splendid debut, its intricately structured narrative following four generations of a matriarchal family from the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

Album Review: Khruangbin’s “Mordechai” — Mostly Musical Wallpaper

July 10, 2020
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Khruangbin’s principal strength lies in how well the musicians manage to fit together

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