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A Coffee in Berlin is described accurately in its publicity as “a slacker comedy.”
Read MoreSince then, they have remained as indefatigable as ever in terms of writing, recording, and touring.
Read MoreNeil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers wears surprising well after nearly half a century, with the help of minimal, subtle updating of topical references.
Read MoreThis year’s Boston French Film Festival (July 10 through 27) proffers a just-about 50-50 mix of male and female directors.
Read MorePlaywright Amir Al-Azraki is in the camp that believes that the Iraqis themselves bear much of the responsibility for the chaos in their country.
Read MoreClassical CD Review: San Francisco Symphony’s “West Side Story” — A Brashly Invigorating Performance
The music of West Side Story sounds grippingly urgent and colorful as ever in the hands of one of America’s best orchestras and conductors.
Read MoreCuarteto Casals brings out Mozart’s playfulness, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester delivers a solid Dvorak’s Sixth, and James Brawn continues to brilliantly play Beethoven’s piano sonatas.
Read MoreTranslator David Williams has hit upon a judicious combination of snappy repartee and dark underbelly that communicates essayist Dubravka Ugrešić’s rapier wit and black despair in equal measure.
Read MoreThroughout these superb stories, there is a certain desolation, of the heart as well as of the landscape.
Read MoreIn Third Person , the characters are so intentionally mysterious that, oddly, the surfeit of enigma denies them any depth of personality.
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