Commentary
Two stories about how a public process, because of politics, can make it very difficult, and costly, to connect two points.
Read MoreIf the ballyhoo around the Public Theater’s Julius Caesar is a sign of the times, then we have a lot more than Trump to fear.
Read MoreMy thought was that it would exciting to invite high school students from diverse backgrounds to become better educated about arts criticism.
Read MoreDenis Johnson’s spiritual vision was dark and more than a little scary but also supremely generous.
Read MoreWhy do critics like the New Yorker‘s Peter Schjeldahl rush to absolve G.W. Bush?
Read MoreHypnotized by celebrity and the monied class, our stage critics have become a gaggle of cheerleaders, feckless enough to call Diane Paulus a “visionary.”
Read MoreI try to be optimistic, but it’s hard not to observe that the jazz club scene in eastern Massachusetts is worse than it’s been in decades.
Read MoreOn paper, at least, the upcoming season of the BSO is a bit of a letdown: cautious, unthreatening, comfortable.
Read MoreResistance, at least in Boston theater, is futile.
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Film Commentary: Death Knell for American Independent Cinema?
The well has evaporated for much of new American independent cinema.
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