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Film Review: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” — Payback’s a Bitch

April 29, 2023
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Armed with a quarter of a billion dollars from the people who chucked him to the MAGA wolves, director James Gunn has created one of the most mean-spirited and nasty movies to have come down the pike since Straw Dogs.

Visual Arts Review: Zoya Cherkassky – An Immigrant Paints the Other Israel

April 29, 2023
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Her hope for Israel today, Zoya Cherkassky told me, is the evolution of a multi-racial society that she hopes will ensure its survival.

Theater Review: “And So We Walked” — A Missed Opportunity

April 28, 2023
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And So We Walked is about the performer finding her roots, and that quest is often meandering.

Classical Concert Review: Pianist Evgeny Kissin — An Intuitive Majesty

April 27, 2023
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From beginning to end, this was a magical concert: beauty, poetry, and yes, unbelievable chops.

Film Reviews: Shorts at the 2023 Independent Film Festival Boston — Some Tasty Morsels

April 27, 2023
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A rundown of three narrative programs and one documentary program. We just might see these directors’ names on future IFFBoston features.

Book Review: Éric Vuillard’s “An Honorable Exit” — A Brilliant Chronicle of a Tragedy Foretold

April 27, 2023
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Éric Vuillard’s method is to create an ironic rapport with the powerful: his vignettes dramatize how France’s elite delude themselves into thinking the colonial world order can be kept intact after World War Two.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

April 26, 2023
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Here’s this week’s poem, January Gill O’Neil’s “The Map.”

Classical Music Preview: The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-2024 Season — Celebrating the Legacy of Serge Koussevitzky

April 26, 2023
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Through fresh new works and a welcome toss-up of pieces commissioned during Koussevitzky’s historic tenure, the BSO’s coming season will honor the fullness of the Russian-born conductor’s legacy.

Doc Talk: Celebrating Nonfiction Film at the IFFBoston — Seeing Afresh

April 26, 2023
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This is what cinema is all about and these will probably be some of the best movies you will see all year.

Music Festival Preview: Lowell’s The Town and The City — “A Passion Project”

April 25, 2023
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The Town and the City Festival honors the “spirit of [Jack] Kerouac, a celebration of exploration, discovery, love of life, those things that he wrote about.”

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