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Film Review: “You Were Never Really Here” — Lynne Ramsay’s Dark Materials

April 17, 2018
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In You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay’s themes of alienation, violence, guilt and redemption are once again present, albeit in a more frenetic form than before.

Film Review: Abbas Kiarostami’s “24 Frames” — Final Photo Album

April 16, 2018
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Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s last film is made up of a series of sometimes resplendent, sometimes disappointing, images.

Opera Review: “The Rosenbergs” — A Morally Complicated Tale, Well Told

April 15, 2018
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The Rosenbergs is small in scope but large in ambition; it is an accomplished and moving opera that demands attention.

Jazz CD Review: “Distant Song” — Reflective Strength

April 14, 2018
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Singer Fred Farell brings an introspective sensibility to this album and has gathered a group of songs that are appropriate for his introverted and quietly aspirational lyrics.

STREAMING DOCS: A-list Documentaries, April Edition

April 14, 2018
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Where will you find the best in new documentaries? In the brave new world of digital streaming.

Book Review: “Enlightenment Now” — An Antidote for our Pessimistic Era

April 13, 2018
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Steven Pinker’s book is a welcome antidote to the Trump era, when we are inundated, daily, with an avalanche of negative and disturbing stories.

Visual Arts Review: The Art of Celia Paul — The Power of Quiet

April 10, 2018
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Celia Paul’s paintings are calm, reflective, and inviting.

Book Review: “No Way Home” — A Memoir with Quirk and Heft

April 10, 2018
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No Way Home is a model for how to tell a weird, complicated story in a way that will make the reader hang on tight for the whole ride.

Book Review: “Pandora’s Box” — An Illuminating Study of Epic Destruction

April 9, 2018
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Pandora’s Box never tosses the reader into a roiling overload of facts and figures, but looks at the horrors of WWI from many different, illuminating angles.

Theater Review: “The Niceties” — A Gentle Slap Awake?

April 9, 2018
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The Niceties gives us an invaluable opportunity to hover outside of the current political debate about race and American history.

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