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Opera Album Review: The Love of a Fish-Man for a Terrestrial Woman, French-Baroque Style

April 12, 2023
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A masterful composer of French Baroque violin sonatas displays another side of his immense talent in this first-rate new recording of his Scylla et Glaucus.

Book Review: “Harvard Square: A Love Story” — Passion Collides with the Logic of the Market

April 11, 2023
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We are understandably upset when market forces threaten the things we consider to be sacred.

Television Review: “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” — Flaunting Their Own Jackets and Attitudes

April 11, 2023
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It’s refreshing to watch a teen series where the characters are not trying to solve a murder, venture into a parallel universe, or become possessed by an evil force.

Film Review: “Little Richard: I Am Everything” — Homage to a Black and Queer Rock ’n’ Roll Icon

April 11, 2023
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There could have been more serious attention to the music, more of his immortal rock songs played start to finish. Otherwise, Lisa Cortés’ Little Richard: I Am Everything is the documentary about the Black and Queer rock’n’roll icon we’ve been waiting for.

Film Review: A Dispatch from the 23rd Annual Boston Underground Film Festival (Part 2 of 2)

April 10, 2023
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Local film festivals like BUFF are keeping what’s left of the American film industry from turning into a massive IP holder churning out algorithmically generated slop for the masses.

Festival Review: Ten for Ten at Big Ears in Knoxville

April 10, 2023
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In honor of Big Ears’ tenth edition, here’s a look at ten of my favorite festival moments.

Film Review: “The Lost King” — Richard the III, Rebranded

April 10, 2023
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The Lost King contains perhaps too many calculated moments of sentimental synchronicity. Still, it manages to soar, thanks to the excellent performance of its lead, Sally Hawkins.

Classical Concert Review: Earl Lee Conducts The Boston Symphony Orchestra

April 9, 2023
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Earl Lee, the BSO’s assistant conductor, pulled off a memorable debut. Let’s have him back in the subscription series again, and soon.

Book Review: Advertisements for Democracy — Norman Mailer’s Anti-Fascist Eloquence

April 9, 2023
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Guns, anti-Semitism, paranoid conspiracy theories — it never gets old.

Classical Music Album Review: Klaus Mäkelä conducts Stravinsky

April 9, 2023
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While one is willing to grant a 27-year-old conductor some benefit of the doubt, there’s little here to suggest that the Great Nordic Hope of Classical Music isn’t simply out of his depth.

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