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Film Review: “Blue Heron” — Director Sophy Romvari Turns Childhood Trauma into Art

May 5, 2026
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A fractured childhood remembered through a lens of distance and grief

Arts Commentary: The Boston Symphony’s New Humanities Blueprint Makes Sense

May 4, 2026
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Why festival programming—and humanities partnerships—can help the BSO.

Film Review: “Erupcja” is Peak Entertainment

May 3, 2026
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A volcanic comedy of fate and missed connections.

Fest Film Reviews: IFFBoston Round-Up — Docs of Dissent and Art in Focus

May 2, 2026
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Reviews of a pair of documentaries and arts-themed shorts at the IFFBoston.

Classical Music Album Review: The Neave Trio’s “In Her Hands”

May 2, 2026
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The Neave Trio’s new album is as well recorded as it is programmed and played.

May Short Fuses — Materia Critica

May 2, 2026
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

Poetry Review: Mortality’s Muse — Building the Ship of Death

May 2, 2026
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D. H. Lawrence’s final poems confront mortality with mysticism, sensuality, and hard-won clarity.

Book Review: “Ashland” — Voices of a Changing New Hampshire

May 2, 2026
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Dan Simon’s debut novel blends polyphonic storytelling with keen attention to the natural world and its emotional echoes.

Rock Album Review: A Prog-Pop Parable for the Age of AI from The Claypool Lennon Delirium

May 1, 2026
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The Claypool Lennon Delirium release a surreal, sharp-edged concept album about empathy, algorithms, and the high cost of efficiency.

Film Review: “Late Fame” — The Art of the Second Act

April 30, 2026
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Director Kent Jones explores aging, ego, and New York’s literary ghosts in a wry, performance-driven drama led by Willem Dafoe.

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