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Comedy Review — Paul Reiser at the Cabot

October 26, 2022
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Like a magic show where you know you’re being duped and enjoy it all the same, Reiser’s act was something you just settled back and enjoyed without analyzing it too much.

Film Review: “Frownland” — An Invisible Person Made Intimately Visible

October 26, 2022
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This little-seen film, disturbing, uncompromising, often darkly funny, should be recognized as one of the most original American independent films of this century.

Film Review: Of Farms and Fate — “Eight Deadly Shots” and “Alcarràs” at the New York Film Festival

October 25, 2022
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Two films look at the hardships and realities of rural life, past and present, at the New York Film Festival.

Theater Review: “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” — A Stirring Dramatic Experience

October 25, 2022
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Despite some missteps and miscasting bumps along the way, this staging faithfully captures playwright August Wilson’s searing poetic vision.

Visual Arts Review: “Life Magazine and the Power of Photography” — Some Fake Views?

October 24, 2022
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While impressive, Life Magazine and the Power of Photography disappoints.

Film Review: “Armageddon Time” — Falling Between Two Worlds

October 24, 2022
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In James Gray’s new film, the tragedy and pain behind Jewish assimilation lurks just out of frame.

Television Review: “The School for Good and Evil” — Too Complicated for its Own Good

October 24, 2022
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Based on the YA series by Soman Chainani, The School for Good and Evil offers little that is new about the adventures of discontented adolescents.

Theater Reviews: On Broadway — Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” and Martyna Majok’s “Cost of Living”

October 21, 2022
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Two stirring dramas hit Broadway, one weightier than the next

Theater Interview: Performer Bill Irwin – Channeling Samuel Beckett

October 21, 2022
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“Samuel Beckett’s work speaks to me because he’s a very visceral writer. And, because I have training as a clown, I think of him as a natural clown.”

Film Review: Watching the Detective in Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave”

October 20, 2022
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Yes, an ingeniously kaleidoscopic surface, but is there anything here, in terms of motivation, to justify all the fuss?

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