Commentary
It gradually became clear to me by the mid-’80s that Alan Parker films were, more than those of any other filmmaker, an integral part of my identity as a film lover.
Read MoreThe final, ineluctable quality that Ornette Coleman brought to the table was that he had an individual “voice,” which is the sine qua non and preeminent ethos in jazz.
Read MoreFeisty, funny, frightening when necessary, Boston’s Frank Gallop classed-up the airwaves.
Read MoreTaking action on even a modest number of these suggestions will undoubtedly shake up the current puerility of much of American theater criticism.
Read MoreOur opera-loving reviewer contrasts his own pieces, written 48 years apart, on the same Offenbach operetta.
Read MoreWhat lies beyond COVID-19 for the arts community?
Read MoreNow that the real live boy is an old man, how’s he holding up in 2020?
Read MoreToday, our perception of the environment has become narrowed, defensive: the outside world has become worrisome, dangerous, aspirational, and changing.
Read MoreIt seems evident that hardly anyone knows about the centenary of a moviemaker who, in earlier days, was universally revered, whose hallowed name was synonymous with art-house cinema.
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Visual Arts Commentary: The Bridge of Flowers, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
An appreciation of a footbridge that intertwines nature with our humanity.
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