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Fuse Concert Review: Blue Heron, A Superbly Classy Renaissance Choir

December 26, 2013
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Blue Heron explores a rarely performed repertoire with a choir made up of sensational soloists.

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Film Review: Essential Truffaut, Part Deux—”The Woman Next Door”

December 25, 2013
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The Museum of Fine Arts’ retrospective of the films of Francois Truffaut approaches its conclusion with another rarely screened late work by this master of 20th-century cinema.

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Theater Review: An Amusing “Heart of Robin Hood”

December 23, 2013
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What is refreshing about the muscular back-flipping in David Farr’s amusing rewrite of the Robin Hood fable is that Maid Marion is as much into derring-do as the Merry Men.

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Film Preview: Sheer Silent Film Magic — “He Who Gets Slapped” and The Alloy Orchestra

December 23, 2013
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“Lon Chaney is just a master,” says Roger Miller of The Alloy Orchestra, “and the film ‘He Who Gets Slapped’ has everything that he’s great at.”

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Theater Review: A New York Stage Round-up — Too Much to See, Too Little Time

December 22, 2013
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The gem of the weekend was an exhilarating production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” directed by Julie Taymor in the extravagantly imaginative style she has developed over nearly three decades.

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Film Commentary: You Know It When You See It — Desire and “Blue is the Warmest Color”

December 22, 2013
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Without its many steamy lesbian sex interludes tarting up what could otherwise be classified as a routine narrative, would “Blue is the Warmest Color” have garnered so many rave reviews and prizes?

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Theater Review: “The Golden Dragon” — A Satire With Bite about International Cuisine

December 22, 2013
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In his satire “The Golden Dragon,” Roland Schimmelpfennig holds his funhouse mirror up to “theater-people”: be they artists, audience, teachers, or students.

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Film Review: Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project — The Art of Restoration, Around the Globe

December 21, 2013
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Director Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is committed to doing the indispensable work needed to save examples of damaged but worthy landmarks of cinema.

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Classical CD Reviews: A BMOP/Sound Round-up — Andy Vores, Arthur Berger, and Matthew Rosenblum

December 21, 2013
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The Boston Modern Orchestra Project is in the habit of making convincing arguments for just about everything it plays and its performers do so again in these three CD releases featuring music by composers with a New England connection.

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Film Review: A Gleefully Subversive “American Hustle”

December 20, 2013
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“American Hustle” has its flaws, major and minor, but it’s very entertaining and contains some great performances, especially by the female cast members.

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