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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.
“Nickel Boys” is an unsettling, yet gorgeous, cinematic adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel.
“All We Imagine As Light” is an absorbing celebration of female friendship.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
A collection of quotes that have stung or sustained me over the past 12 months.
“Babygirl” comes off as a rather lascivious take-down of yet another older woman who has everything she wants except … sexual excitement.
Is it possible to reclaim a marginalized legacy? And how do you step up to take a seat at the table when your history has been neglected and forgotten?
After five decades of blending strong technique with playful satire, the Trocks continue to impress, but some of their once-fresh humor feels a bit played out.

Arts Commentary: These Goosesteps Don’t Lie — Shakira in El Salvador and the “New Security” Aesthetic