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Book Review: A Deep Dive into the History of “The Academy and the Award”

October 7, 2022
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An author with a deep affinity for and knowledge of movies and how they’re honored tells us all about Oscar.

Film Interview: Angelo Madsen Minax’s Cinema of Trans Embodiment

October 7, 2022
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Chaos and anarchy are embedded in Angelo Madsen Minax’s hybrid cinema of survival, acceptance and transcendence.

Film Review: William Kentridge’s Wondrous “Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot”

October 6, 2022
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The nine-part film series focuses on the artist in his studio in Johannesburg. We see William Kentridge as he draws, paints, designs, paces the floor, and thinks out loud — among other things.

Visual Arts Commentary: Branded in Boston — Logos by Any Other Name

October 5, 2022
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What’s up? Several public and private agencies have changed their graphic identities and even names.

Theater Review: “The Thin Place” — Nowheresville

October 5, 2022
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An experimental drama, no matter how tantalizing, has to come up with a payoff that makes its bewildering journey worth it. Lucas Hnath’s doesn’t.

Jazz Album Review: “That’s What Happened, 1982-1985” — Miles Davis Makes up for Lost Time

October 4, 2022
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This three-disc set provides a fascinating look behind the curtain at one of the great bandleaders in jazz history putting together his groups, seeing what they can do from multiple angles, and building a new musical concept from scratch.

October Short Fuses – Materia Critica

October 4, 2022
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

Film Review: “Bros” — A Thoroughly Mainstream Gay Rom-Com

October 4, 2022
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Bros jokes about the hypocrisies of corporate diversity — often accurately, and with a cutting edge — while embodying some of the same problems.

Concert Review: Bobby Weir and the Wolf Brothers — Transforming the Legacy of the Grateful Dead

October 3, 2022
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As far as tour openers go, the concert on Friday presented no signs of a band holding back or slow to gain speed.

Film Review: Claire Denis’s “Stars At Noon” — A Romance Novel Elevated by Auteurist Flourishes

October 2, 2022
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The action, as it were, is mostly the exhaustively filmed grappling of two beautiful people in no-star motels.

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