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Book Review: “The Boy From Kyiv” — The Next Big Deal

December 27, 2023
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As the first draft of documenting choreographer Alexei Ratmansky’s career, this book will be invaluable, but by the end of it, the story may look somewhat different.

Book Review: “Time’s Echo” — Listening to the Voices of the Past

December 26, 2023
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Jeremy Eichler calls on hearers to engage in “deep listening,” by which he means engaging the mind and heart not just with the music, but also with the historical, cultural, and artistic contexts that gave rise to it.

Children’s Book Reviews: Books! Books! Books!

December 26, 2023
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Two new kids’ books celebrate books, reading, and illustrators — perfect for the young bibliophile in your life.

Film Review: “Maestro” — Scenes from a Marriage

December 24, 2023
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“Maestro” is raw and unsparing but also full of understanding, grace, and honesty. This compelling drama brings to life the man and woman behind an extraordinary amount of musical activity, with many of their shortcomings and contradictions fully intact.

Film Review: Steve McQueen’s “Occupied City” – It Wasn’t Just Anne Frank

December 23, 2023
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The disconnect between the Amsterdam of the past that is revisited and the scenes of life in the city today dramatize the fragility of memory and its erosion.

Film Review: “The Iron Claw” — In the Clutches of Family

December 22, 2023
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Writer-director Sean Durkin’s engrossing biopic goes a far piece toward showing the dark side of this tale of patriarchal authority and its abuse under the cover of an all-American, clean-living, unassailable family of heroes.

Book Review: “Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform” — Up For Grabs

December 22, 2023
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This book offers a deep dive — a very deep dive — into how contemporary tokens work, and the consequences of their use, both for the good and for the bad.

Film Review: In “Poor Things,” Pathos Gives Way to Pizzazz

December 18, 2023
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“Poor Things” is a film in which the set designers are as much the auteurs as the director, to the detriment of the pathos that is at the heart of Alasdair Gray’s novel.

Theater Review: “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” — A Glittering Glamour of a Production

December 18, 2023
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My advice: see this show in Boston before it settles into New York for what should be a long run.

Visual Arts Review: “50 Years and Forward: Works on Paper Acquisitions” at The Clark

December 17, 2023
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Plan to linger over every moment of this revelatory, diverse, and understated special exhibition.

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