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Book Review: “Four Princes” — Sixteenth Century Carnage

March 30, 2017
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A historian’s view of the tumultuous world of early sixteenth century Europe, an age of exploration, revolt, and religious upheaval.

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Theater Review: “Chill” — Millennial Melodrama

March 29, 2017
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Chill is a solid enough attempt to dramatize a millennial coming-of-age story, but it is reluctant to probe very deeply into the guts of the zeitgeist.

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Stage Review: “Our American Hamlet” — Theatrical Redemption

March 29, 2017
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There are powerful intimations of modernity in the writhings of Edwin Booth’s psyche.

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DVD Review: “Canoa: A Shameful Memory” — A Masterpiece of Mexican Political Cinema

March 28, 2017
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Canoa is a historical drama about the horror of history, made all the more frightening because it is based on a true story.

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Film Review: The Maine Jewish Film Festival — “BANG! The Bert Berns Story”

March 27, 2017
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A documentary about the most important songwriter and record producer from the sixties that you’ve never heard of.

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Dance Review: Boston Ballet’s “Kylián/ Wings of Wax”

March 26, 2017
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Kylián’s astute choice of musical selections helped gave a structural shape to “Wings of Wax.”

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Visual Arts Review: A Luminous “Lumia” at Yale University Art Gallery

March 26, 2017
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The result is reminiscent of a Mark Rothko painting — if it was projected through the refracted light of a prism.

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Coming Attractions: April 2 through 11 — What Will Light Your Fire

March 26, 2017
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Film Review: “The Devil’s Candy” — Wouldst Thou Like to Die, Deliciously?

March 24, 2017
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Horror fans in search of a smarter-than-average thriller that will make their viscera quiver should not miss this one.

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Book Review: “With Ballet in My Soul” — The Vicissitudes of an Impresario

March 24, 2017
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Eva Maze drops names and paints a heady picture of the high life, but she does so with the disarming charm that permeates most of her memoir.

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