Review

Television Review: “Wild Wild Country” — Scruffily Corporatized Love-in

April 25, 2018
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Wild Wild Country details the insane clusterfuck that results when faith, fundamentalism, and media hype intersect.

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Book Review: “Bible Nation” — The Misleading Religion of Hobby Lobby

April 24, 2018
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This is an important and timely book, one that happens to be compulsively readable and that anyone even mildly interested in the intersection between religion and politics, faith and science, or religious commandment and secular law should read.

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Dance Review: Alonzo King — Disembodied

April 23, 2018
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Sutra was a curious mix of reverence and virtuosity, lavish movement and intricate music — over an hour’s worth of changing forms. I found it intriguing and untrackable.

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Book Review: “A Short History of Ireland” — A Concise Past

April 20, 2018
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Gibney’s volume offers a wide range of readers with an introduction to the complexities of Irish history, including questions of what exactly constitutes the national history itself.

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Visual Arts Review: A Delightful View of Edward Gorey’s World

April 18, 2018
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The delightful Wadsworth installation is a fitting setting for the beloved artist and illustrator and the work he himself loved.

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Theater Review: “True West” — American Anarchy

April 18, 2018
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Hub Theatre Company’s True West is a joy to watch.

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Theater Review: “Anna Christie” — A Memorable Look at Life on the Margins

April 17, 2018
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The Lyric Stage production of Anna Christie does right by Eugene O’Neill’s brilliance.

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Film Review: “You Were Never Really Here” — Lynne Ramsay’s Dark Materials

April 17, 2018
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In You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay’s themes of alienation, violence, guilt and redemption are once again present, albeit in a more frenetic form than before.

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Concert Review: A Healing Space — A Far Cry and the Miró Quartet Present “Loss and Resurrection”

April 16, 2018
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This is a sound I’ve never heard before at a chamber concert: over twenty musicians breathing in unison.

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Film Review: Abbas Kiarostami’s “24 Frames” — Final Photo Album

April 16, 2018
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Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s last film is made up of a series of sometimes resplendent, sometimes disappointing, images.

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