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This piquantly enjoyable docufiction emphasizes how movie spectatorship encourages empathy and understanding.
Read MoreThe Museum of Fine Arts screens some ripples from the New Wave.
Read MoreLamb of God’s show at the MassMutual Center was as spirited, fierce, and technically dazzling as any that the group has brought to these parts over the past two decades.
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Read MoreI am grateful that Al Jardine (at 82, he’s showing signs of age) and Brian Wilson’s band are still bringing Wilson’s brilliant legacy to audiences.
Read MoreTwo very influential and brilliant Cuban musicians, Albita Rodríguez and Chucho Valdés, join together to make a fine album; Chilean guitarist/vocalist/composer Camila Meza serves up a potent mixture of jazz and lyrics concerned with social justice.
Read MoreFans who at least followed the band through its heyday in the late ’80s and early ’90s couldn’t have predicted the Mekons would wind it back in 2025 behind a new album just as galvanizing as their past catalog.
Read MoreThe Off Broadway revival demonstrates how 10 years of dedicated work can make a mediocre musical even worse.
Read MoreAt its best, Mark Twain emerges in this biography as much a live wire as ever: brash, outspoken, and overflowing with exasperating contradictions.
Read More“Too Much”‘s swings from comedy to tragedy generate considerable whiplash.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025