Review

Theater Review: “The Niceties” — A Gentle Slap Awake?

April 9, 2018
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The Niceties gives us an invaluable opportunity to hover outside of the current political debate about race and American history.

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Jazz CD Review: Edward Simon’s “Sorrows & Triumphs”

April 7, 2018
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One doesn’t have to have gone too deeply into Buddhism to recognize its influence on the titles found here, and perhaps on the music as well.

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Film Review: “Ramen Heads” — Delicious Obsession

April 6, 2018
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Food porn? You know it when you see it.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “Requiem” — A Stylish, But Uneven, Occult Thriller

April 5, 2018
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If you’ve seen The Wicker Man and/or Hot Fuzz, you may recognize and appreciate the tone of these folk horror underpinnings.

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Theater Review: Flat Earth’s “Antigone” — Inspired, But Flawed

April 3, 2018
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Flat Earth Theatre’s staging of Antigone was filled with strong performances and provocative ideas.

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Film Review: “Spettacolo” — A Tuscan Town “That Plays Itself”

April 2, 2018
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The landscape and architecture are beautifully photographed, but more important are the array of faces and the music of the voices.

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Jazz Concert/CD Review: Frank Carlberg and Noah Preminger — “Whispers and Cries”

April 2, 2018
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The talented duo’s ability to impressively converse across a stylistic divide was fascinating.

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Film Review: “Unsane” — Stalking 2.0

April 1, 2018
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Despite some storytelling flaws, Unsane is ultimately suspenseful, terrifying, and rather haunting.

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Visual Art Review: Public Art at Boston’s Fenway Neighborhood’s Pierce Boston Tower

March 31, 2018
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A lost opportunity for the developers, arquitectonica, and artist Alexandre da Cunha.

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Classical CD Reviews: Alexander Melnikov’s Four Pianos and Leonard Bernstein’s Mass

March 29, 2018
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Pianist Alexander Melnikov has come up with one of the still-young year’s most compelling discs, Deutsche Grammophon releases an aural train wreck.

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