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The goal of a panto is to provide amusement, and this one does, its creative performance team scoring with the help of a generous serving of faux-Americana.
In “Anora,” director Sean Baker brilliantly sustains a hybrid tone, weaving together LOL comedy, sadness, and rage.
Calling out papal bull in the twisty, provocative, and subversive “Conclave”.
This is a well-honed, mostly successful script about the difficulties of making human connections — a drama about seizing the day.
“The more you listen to Bach, the more the synapses fire and you just have to take hold of the reins and let the Bach horse take you wherever it will.”
The enormously entertaining “A Virtuous Business” also offers a lesson in nerve and resilience that women everywhere should learn from.
“Stasio” is an exercise in noir fiction with the intellectual depth we expect from our best writers, compounded by the lyricism of Tamas Dobozy’s style, crisp dialogue, wit and humor, and well-drawn characters.
Few other films this year will match the absurd satiric heights of director Guy Maddin’s “Rumours”.
This 65-year-old recording features some of the best players in L.A. and it is bright, sharp, and revealing. There’s plenty to marvel at here even if I would have wished for more ballads and fewer Stan Kenton-like brass fanfares.
Classical Concert Commentary: The Boston Symphony Orchestra Takes On the Contemporary
It is only a month into the current season, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra has offered three pieces that have either been heard for the first time in Symphony Hall or given that more rare honor that evades most premieres — the deuxième performance.
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