Review
Reviews of three dark films that probe the crisis of authority, immigration, and feminism in Europe
“The Half-God of Rainfall” is a challenging journey relayed in a memorable production that will resonate with you for a long time.
The Boston Lyric Opera’s production was a reminder that Puccini’s score is sure to stand the test of time, even when valiant attempts to make the opera’s storyline more palatable fall short.
A charming rendition of Ravel serves as a perfect foil to the rigors of the Schoenberg, which, tough nut though it remains, here gets just the sort of devoted advocacy it requires.
Too often, “Lioness” reads like a digest of Boston tourist guides and historical surveys, at times even seeming to quote them directly.
Joe Strummer is clearly having a ball that night, in fine form: cracking jokes and proudly announcing his bandmates.
This is a Tchaikovsky Fifth that’s thoroughly lived in.
Listening to the superb “El Arte Del Bolero, Volume Two,” I feel that these are two masters who, while recalling their various ancestries, are talking to me.

Arts Commentary: Chile’s 9/11 — the Undying and the Undead
Two Chilean artists look at the death of democracy and the aftermath of the 1973 coup.
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