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Visual Arts Review: Frances Stark — The Art of Innuendo

September 20, 2016
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Frances Stark is making art about art about art..

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Film Interview: Peabody Award-winning director Vanessa Gould on her documentary “Obit”

September 20, 2016
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A subject as potentially grim and dry as writing an obituary is transformed into a moving look at language, inquiry, and the art of story-telling.

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Fuse Theater Review: The Wilbury Theatre Group Mashes-up Politics

September 19, 2016
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Authoritarianism is at its most chilling, at least in the theater, when everyone, the weak and the strong, takes it for granted.

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Theater Review: Nora Theatre Company’s “Marjorie Prime” — A Futuristic Misfire

September 19, 2016
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Marjorie Prime explores the complex connections generated among four family members as they attempt to make sense of grief.

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Concert Review: Odyssey Opera’s Inspired Production of Dvořák’s “Dimitrij”

September 19, 2016
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For my money, the biggest star on Friday night turned out to be none other than Antonin Dvořák.

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Film Feature: Unraveling The JT Leroy Story — An Interview with Jeff Feuerzeig, director of “Author: The JT Leroy Story”

September 18, 2016
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Author: The JT Leroy Story is full of jaw-dropping revelations, multiple fictions, role playing, and complicated psychological gamesmanship.

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Stage Feature: TW Festival’s David Kaplan on Beyond Success — Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams

September 17, 2016
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Once Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams achieved success, they wanted to take on themes in their plays that challenged audiences.

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Film Commentary: The Somerville Theatre’s 70 mm Festival — When the Movies Were Really Big

September 16, 2016
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These cinematic eyefuls will rouse you from the ennui you’re feeling these days, brought on by too many binge sessions watching Netflix.

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Film Review: “In Order of Disappearance” — No Country for Cold Men

September 16, 2016
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This taut, often hilarious, thriller is a stellar example of why Scandinavian cinema continues to impress.

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Book Review: “The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo” — A Mundane Stream of Consciousness

September 16, 2016
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Amy Schumer’s quasi-memoir is composed of stuff that would be better off posted on Facebook.

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