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Film Review: “Presence” — The Spectre of the Middle Class

January 22, 2025
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More than the threat posed by the ghost, “Presence” is desperately terrified of ambiguity.

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Dance Preview: Feeling Together — Omayra Amaya’s Flamenco Returns

January 21, 2025
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International flamenco artist Omayra Amaya’s upcoming Boston shows represent a moment of both reunion and reflection.

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Book Review: “There Is a Deep Brooding in Arkansas” — A Painful but Essential History Lesson

January 21, 2025
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The publication of “There Is a Deep Brooding in Arkansas” is especially welcome and necessary at this time.

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Book Column: Spotlighting Masterful Literary Translations

January 20, 2025
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One of translation’s greatest powers — its ability to take a text out of one historical period, literary tradition, language, and set of conventions and transplant it into another — is a delicate procedure.

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Coming Attractions: January 19 through February 3 — What Will Light Your Fire

January 19, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Television Review: “Aaron Rodgers: Enigma” — An Abstruse Athlete

January 19, 2025
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“Enigma” is as unlike the standard sports documentary as a Cybertruck is to a F-150.

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Podcast Interview: Amy Geller and Gerald Peary on Making “The Rabbis Go South”

January 18, 2025
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The Rabbis Go South tells the story of a little-known episode in the fight for desegregation: 16 rabbis were invited by Martin Luther King to be part of the 1964 civil rights march in St. Augustine, Florida.

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David Lynch, Prince of Darkness — A Personal Remembrance

January 18, 2025
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It is impossible to think that anyone could have been exposed to David Lynch’s work — its generous vision, so far-reaching in its scope, so recognizably rooted in the modern human condition — and not come away changed, haunted, and awed.

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Theater Review – Audra McDonald Dazzles as Mama Rose in a Star-Powered “Gypsy” Revival

January 17, 2025
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In a production filled with emotional intensity, Audra McDonald delivers a powerhouse portrayal that elevates a somewhat uneven staging.

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Film Reviews: The Boston Festival of Films from Iran — Veiled Threats

January 17, 2025
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The power of cinema persists at the Boston Festival of Films from Iran.

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