Review

Film Review: “The Little Hours” — What the Donkey Sees

July 3, 2017
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A romp in and around a centuries-old Italian convent, acting out a 14th-century story using contemporary American idiom and attitude.

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Film Review: “The Beguiled” — Sofia Coppola’s Bewitching, Beleaguered Remake

July 2, 2017
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The Beguiled is a beautifully-shot, atmospheric thriller with a daring take on sexual autonomy and dynamics.

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Theater Review: “I and You” — A Powerful Look at the Teenage World

July 1, 2017
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The CTC’s first production of the summer is an unqualified delight.

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Book Review: Supreme Democracy? How Supreme Court Justices are Chosen

June 29, 2017
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The history and process of judicial selection — dispassionately detailed.

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Theater Review: A Pretty Ragged “Ragtime”

June 26, 2017
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Barrington Stage director Joe Calarco has come to the material with a radically different production idea.

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Book Review: “Women in the World of Frederick Douglass” — Crucial Partners

June 25, 2017
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Focusing on these indomitable and sometimes troubling women, Fought has written an engaging book that is compelling, sometimes even fierce.

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Dance Review: Bubbles at the Dance Complex

June 23, 2017
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The idea of the project is to cross-fertilize new dance in the two cities (Boston and New York) by presenting choreography in cabaret settings.

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Film Commentary: Death Knell for American Independent Cinema?

June 23, 2017
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The well has evaporated for much of new American independent cinema.

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Theater Review: “The Whipping Man” — A Secular Haggadah

June 23, 2017
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Flawed and perhaps overwrought, The Whipping Man is worth watching because of the intensity of its individual scenes.

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Opera Review: BEMF’s “Le Carnaval de Venise” — A Delightful Triumph

June 22, 2017
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Chock-full of truly delightful music, the production scores as yet another BEMF opera triumph.

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