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Film Review: “The Water Diviner” — Starts Out Well But Takes a Dive

June 7, 2015
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Actor Russell Crowe’s directorial debut is visually gripping and very well acted — but its ending is disappointingly hokey.

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Film Review: “Love & Mercy” – A Compelling Life of Brian

June 6, 2015
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Paul Dano invests the younger Brian Wilson with focused ecstasy, especially during his creation of the landmark album, Pet Sounds.

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Concert Reviews: The First Wave of Odyssey Opera’s “The British Invasion”

June 4, 2015
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To say that Odyssey Opera continues to set the bar for opera performances in Boston may be a bit superfluous, but it’s true.

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Fuse Rock Review: Wire — Unconventional Pop That Seduces and Confuses

June 4, 2015
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The sound was often so inviting that it seemed Wire were easing comfortably into middle age.

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Music Commentary: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — A Coda without a Finale

June 3, 2015
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What we know of mass-market choice suggests that the more choices a person has, the more likely it is that the person will be dissatisfied with any one choice.

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Jazz Review: Bill Frisell’s Americana Dreams

June 3, 2015
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Bill Frisell and his quartet performed a program of well-worn American hits whose juxtapositions allowed you to make your own cross-references and draw your own conclusions.

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Book Review: A Classic of Cinematic Fiction — “The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty”

June 2, 2015
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What if Alfred Hitchcock had sat out behind his Holmby Hills bungalow, smoking clove cigarettes and writing chick-lit novels?

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Film Review: “Félix and Meira” — Intelligent But Uptight

June 2, 2015
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In his Boston Globe review, Ty Burr complained Félix and Meira was needlessly slow in the telling. I felt that the movie is needlessly discreet.

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Fuse Film Review: “Aloha” — Say What?

June 2, 2015
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Aloha comes across as Cameron Crowe’s baffling artistic suicide note to his adoring public.

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Music Feature: Boston’s Blues Jams — On the Margins But Indispensable

June 1, 2015
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Despite the neglect from the local media, the Boston blues scene is strong.

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