Review
Director Paweł Pawlikowski’s austere account of the writer Thomas Mann’s 1949 homecoming puts art, political idealism, and family loyalty on trial.
Noah Segan’s melancholy crime drama pairs a quietly compelling John Turturro with richly textured New York locations, tracing an old-school thief’s struggle to survive in a city moving on without him.
Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård are an odd but irresistible couple in a darkly funny fable about marriage, passion, and the scandal of a husband devoted to his wife.
Gianandrea Noseda leads sumptuous, finely wrought accounts of the composer’s Second and Fourth Symphonies, revealing music that deserves a wider hearing.
The composer leads a virtuosic debut recording of his Jorie Graham–inspired oratorio, whose striking invention is sometimes blunted by relentless intensity
Léa Seydoux gives a powerful performance in Marie Kreutzer’s unsettling exploration of trust, betrayal, and the limits of knowing the person closest to you.
A great cover does more than reproduce the original. Ndegeocello’s bold reinterpretations make the case for reinvention over imitation.
“On Resistencia!” and “We Are Not the Headliner,” two inspired ensembles explore the possibilities of rhythm, improvisation, and collective expression.
A “Song of the Pirates” and feather-light scherzo movements stand out in world-premiere recordings led by Howard Griffiths—a welcome rediscovery of a composer admired by Mendelssohn and Schumann.
At the Boston Jewish Film Festival, three films follow women who persist in the face of prejudice, buried secrets, and unjust laws.
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