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Film Review: “A Dark Song” — An Occult Foray into Quiet Horror

May 5, 2017
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A Dark Song’s terror lies in its slow, intense build and its overarching sense of doom.

Dance Review: Short Story Long — Boston Ballet’s “The Sleeping Beauty”

May 4, 2017
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This Sleeping Beauty teaches the audience that fussy costumes and wigs and long-winded storytelling are the apex of ballet.

Theater Review: “The Gift Horse” — A Dramatic Contender

May 4, 2017
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Lydia R. Diamond’s dialogue is funny and cutting; when it needs to it digs deep, mining gems of psychological insight.

Theater Review: “My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend” — Simple and Profound

May 3, 2017
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My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend is a joyous delight, an irresistible reminder that time flies.

Theater Review: “Faithful Cheaters” — Delightfully Frenzied Farce

May 1, 2017
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This thoroughly cockamamy world offers the kind of guilty pleasure that you hope never ends.

Book Review: “The Dogs of Inishere” — The Ambiguities of Desire

May 1, 2017
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Alannah Hopkin demonstrates a near impeccable sense of craft, including a talent for coming up with surprises.

Poetry Review: Lyrical Outrage — Songs of the Resistance

April 30, 2017
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Many of the poems live up to the title’s shout-out to Walt Whitman, cutting through the current political miasma with fresh wit, insight, and lyrical outrage.

Visual Arts Review: “Botticelli and the Search for the Divine” at the MFA

April 29, 2017
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This is the largest exhibition of Botticelli paintings ever mounted in North America. Bigger may not always be better, but this is a gorgeous show.

Dance Review: Maureen Fleming at the ICA — Brilliant Movement

April 28, 2017
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Dancer/choreographer Maureen Fleming’s highly distinctive style of movement is unforgettable.

Television Review: “The Handmaid’s Tale” — Not a Documentary…Yet

April 26, 2017
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Margaret Atwood’s novel turns out to have been far more clairvoyant than even she believed it would be.

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