Review
Local film festivals like BUFF are keeping what’s left of the American film industry from turning into a massive IP holder churning out algorithmically generated slop for the masses.
In honor of Big Ears’ tenth edition, here’s a look at ten of my favorite festival moments.
The Lost King contains perhaps too many calculated moments of sentimental synchronicity. Still, it manages to soar, thanks to the excellent performance of its lead, Sally Hawkins.
Earl Lee, the BSO’s assistant conductor, pulled off a memorable debut. Let’s have him back in the subscription series again, and soon.
While one is willing to grant a 27-year-old conductor some benefit of the doubt, there’s little here to suggest that the Great Nordic Hope of Classical Music isn’t simply out of his depth.
Over the years I have seen several productions of Coriolanus, and this one is by far the most perfunctory.
For these eco-warriors, it’s payback time: they didn’t start this fight, but they are determined to finish it.
Touring to support their 20th anniversary CD, 20 Printemps, Le Vent du Nord delivered a master class in musicianship.
There are so many ways to celebrate the arrival of spring with kids. You can take a walk in the rain, look for flowers or grass sprouting in sidewalk cracks, or plant a garden. After your adventures, you can settle down and read these books.
Book Review: Advertisements for Democracy — Norman Mailer’s Anti-Fascist Eloquence
Guns, anti-Semitism, paranoid conspiracy theories — it never gets old.
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