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Songs were wholesale rearranged, and, most strikingly, Bob Dylan was a commanding presence at the baby grand piano for an 18-song, nearly two-hour set.
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The “new” version of the Blue Man Group is all mayhem, all the time.
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Director Alexander Payne and star Paul Giamatti excel at this kind of character-driven comedy/drama.
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The Adams Family may be a low budget regional filmmaking collective, but it continues to raise the bar on horror art cinema.
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A rundown of some of the strange and beautiful movies screened in Warsaw. Let’s hope they are scheduled for a digital and theatrical release in the United States.
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Against all odds, these characters test the limits of what were considered “normal lives” at that time. The testing is what gives “The House of Doors” its urgency and intimacy.
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This week’s poem: Marina Lazzara’s “house finch nesting” from The House Begins An Alphabet.
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Grupo Corpo’s dancers are as technically astute as other top dance companies, but they excel at conveying a lushness of movement that feels sensual rather than sexual.
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A pair of documentaries featured in this year’s Arlington International Film Festival take a cold look at the death cult of fascism — past, present, and to come.
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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The 20th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll: The Institution Continues