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Film Review: “Knight of Cups” — A Lively Metaphysical Quest for Meaning

March 11, 2016
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I admire director Terrence Malick for continuing to jettison staid storytelling for the sake of exploring his dense moral vision.

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Concert Review: Jordi Savall — Giant of the Early Music World

March 11, 2016
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The extremely prolific viol virtuoso Jordi Savall clearly has deep feelings about Celtic music.

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Theater Review: “Fast Company” — An Amusing Comedy About Flimflammers

March 11, 2016
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Fast Company may be light entertainment, but director M. Bevin O’Gara has assembled her own remarkable crew for this breezy caper comedy.

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Rethinking the Repertoire #9 – Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony

March 10, 2016
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So, is the “Gaelic” Symphony an unalloyed masterpiece? I’d argue in the affirmative.

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Fuse Film Review: The Cartagena International Film Festival 2016

March 10, 2016
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It’s easy to understand the lure of this historic walled city on the Caribbean.

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Dance Feature: Kelley Donovan — “The Body Becomes the Messenger”

March 9, 2016
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Kelley Donovan & Dancers returns to Boston with a production that challenges the emotional and physical resilience of the human body.

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Concert Review: Charles Dutoit conducts Ravel and Javier Perianes plays Manuel de Falla

March 8, 2016
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Javier Perianes proved himself one of the elite pianists of our day, playing with such deep, inward focus.

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Fuse Film Review: “London Has Fallen” — Jingoism “R” Us

March 8, 2016
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This might be seen as the first film inspired by potential presidency of Donald Trump.

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Classical CD Review: Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky from MusicAeterna

March 7, 2016
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Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and conductor Teodor Currentzis are two of the most interesting figures in classical music today.

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Classical Music Interview: Conductor Kent Nagano’s Emotional Return to Boston

March 7, 2016
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The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal programs a lot of new music but that is not the point.

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