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Book Review: “Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik” — The Evolution of a Radical Thinker

July 6, 2022
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A powerfully relevant study about an iconoclastic Black thinker and poet who was dedicated to economic reform as well as the eradication of racism.

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Book Review: “Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love” — Homicidal Buffoonery

July 6, 2022
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Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love is a delightful beach read, a lampoon of American culture that provides plenty of suspenseful fun.

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Theater Commentary: What’s a Fringe Theater in Boston to Do Today?

July 5, 2022
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My point is obvious: real estate is key to the survival of the small theater scene.

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Film Review: Claire Denis’s Furious “Both Sides of the Blade” — Electricity Run Amok

July 5, 2022
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In a world riven by war and flirting with Armageddon you’d be forgiven for wondering how the microcosmic hothouse of Fire could command your attention. The answer: director Claire Denis’s artistry.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “The Staircase”

July 4, 2022
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This series presents a compelling perspective on the relativity of determining crime and punishment.

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July Short Fuses – Materia Critica

July 3, 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.

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Opera Album Review: Finally on CD — a Searing ’60s Opera from Russia about the Nazi Era

July 2, 2022
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Moissey Vainberg’s opera powerfully evokes the brutality of Hitler’s extermination camps and the moral ambiguity of postwar Germany.

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Book Review: Selma Blair’s “Mean Baby” — Genuine Self-Reflection

July 2, 2022
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Actress and MS advocate Selma Blair’s memoir is not just another celebrity tell-all, filled with smarmy self-congratulation.

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Book Review: “The Red Arrow” — All Aboard!

July 1, 2022
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When did we last see a novel of such stimulating complexity that’s so downright hopeful too?

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Concert Review: Puscifer in Boston — Out of This World

June 30, 2022
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Puscifer pulled off a great show of rock ’n’ roll farce, and that is saying something considering that the daily news feels ever more like scripted buffoonery.

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