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Film Review: Another Plea for Cormac McCarthy/Ridley Scott’s “The Counselor”

November 2, 2013
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This is one fine neo-noir, expertly directed by Ridley Scott with a host of superlative star turns from Michael Fassbender, Cameron Diaz, Javier Barden, Penélope Cruz, and Brad Pitt.

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Theater Review: “Water by the Spoonful” — Needy Pen Pals in Cyberspace

November 1, 2013
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Director Scott Edmiston’s carefully staged production generates sympathy chiefly because of some deft acting rather than the writing.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

November 1, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, and music that’s coming up this week.

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Book Review: “The Translator” — A Bumpy Quest Novel

October 31, 2013
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Nina Schuyler’s uneven novel raises some interesting questions in the course of the protagonist’s quest, and there are many fascinating details about Japan and Noh plays and the power of silence.

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Dance News: Up Up and Way Away

October 31, 2013
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Director Jon M. Chu enlisted songwriter/performer Todrick Hall and choreographers Jamal Sims and Christopher Scott to remix the in-flight safety lecture.

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Book Review: The Leonard Bernstein Correspondence — A Tour of Twentieth Century Cultural History

October 31, 2013
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So is the book worth reading? Depends how interested you are in twentieth century cultural history, in music and creative genius, in marriage and sexuality.

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Book Review: “The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.” — Brooklyn Fiction That is a Breed Apart

October 30, 2013
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The moral urgency and the humane distribution of Adelle Waldman’s authorial sympathy are evident everywhere in “The Love Affair of Nathaniel P.”

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Book Review: “The Cool School” — What Does it Mean to be Hip?

October 30, 2013
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In a way, this collection of hip writing, a “literary mixtape,” is the ultimate embodiment of the vision of the Hipster-as-Curator.

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Theater Review: Boston Theater Company’s “Romeo & Juliet” — A Romance Rife With Political Scandal

October 29, 2013
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BTC’s experiment, while not without its faults, proffers an admirable model of the sort of creative thinking that more companies should emulate when placing Shakespearean drama in a contemporary American context.

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Rock Remembrance: Lou Reed Reaped What He Sowed — Art, Truth & Beauty

October 29, 2013
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Lou Reed has left us, but the truths he took pains to show us about ourselves and our society – much as we try to cover them up – remain.

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