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Film Review: “M3GAN” — Child’s Slay

January 14, 2023
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M3GAN is a movie algorithmically generated to spawn as many memes about itself as possible before undiscerning viewers realize what they’re watching is a reworked Black Mirror draft.

Album Review: “Satan Is Busy in Knoxville: The Knoxville Sessions, 1929 & 1930” — The Devil’s in the Details

January 14, 2023
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Ted Olson continues bringing important location recordings of early American music back to light.

Visual Arts Review: The Trouble with “Symbionts” — and an Unlikely Antidote

January 14, 2023
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Many of the entries in Symbionts do not question scientific worldviews as much as attempt to validate art in a world ruled unquestionably by science.

Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra Plays Dello Joio, Stenhammar, Boulanger, and Dvořák

January 13, 2023
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Justin Dello Joio’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, written especially for pianist Garrick Ohlsson, creates an emotionally satisfying canvas out of thorny harmonies and astringent lyricism.

Jazz Album Review: “Blues & Bach: The Music of John Lewis” — A Remarkable Accomplishment

January 12, 2023
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MJQ pianist John Lewis would have loved to have had an orchestra this well rehearsed and recorded so beautifully.

Television Review: “Koala Man” — Rowdy Aussie Hijinks

January 11, 2023
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The animation itself is akin to what you will see in familiar domestic cartoons, such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Bob’s Burgers. So it’s the quirky humor that makes Koala Man uniquely Australian.

Film Review: “Saint Omer” — Medea Redux?

January 11, 2023
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Director Alice Diop wisely avoids offering a neat solution to Saint Omer‘s exploration of a mother who murders her child.

Theater Review: “Preludes” — Lost in Inner Space

January 10, 2023
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Dave Malloy’s musical takes us through the personal creative hell of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Poetry Review: “Places of Permanent Shade” – The Work and Echo of Creation

January 9, 2023
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This staunchly eclectic collection is also fiercely focused, unified by the fact that regardless of the subject, the poet never blinks, never looks away, never hesitates to name the pain.

Film Review: “The Pale Blue Eye” — A Gothic, and Poetic, Murder Mystery

January 7, 2023
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For viewers weary of horror that embraces the minimalist and dystopian, The Pale Blue Eye — chock-full of emotion, mystery, and romance from a bygone era — is a welcome sight indeed.

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