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Film Reviews: The Boston French Film Festival Offers Cinema’s Crème de la Crème

July 22, 2025
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The Museum of Fine Arts screens some ripples from the New Wave.

Rock Concert Review: Lamb of God — Heavy Metal’s Circle Will Indeed Be Unbroken

July 21, 2025
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Lamb of God’s show at the MassMutual Center was as spirited, fierce, and technically dazzling as any that the group has brought to these parts over the past two decades.

Concert Review: Al Jardine at South Shore Music Circus

July 20, 2025
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I am grateful that Al Jardine (at 82, he’s showing signs of age) and Brian Wilson’s band are still bringing Wilson’s brilliant legacy to audiences.

Latin Jazz Album Reviews: “Masters of Our Roots” and “Portal”

July 19, 2025
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Two very influential and brilliant Cuban musicians, Albita Rodríguez and Chucho Valdés, join together to make a fine album; Chilean guitarist/vocalist/composer Camila Meza serves up a potent mixture of jazz and lyrics concerned with social justice.

Rock Concert Review: The Mekons — Keeping Our Spirits Up in Difficult Times

July 18, 2025
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Fans who at least followed the band through its heyday in the late ’80s and early ’90s couldn’t have predicted the Mekons would wind it back in 2025 behind a new album just as galvanizing as their past catalog.

Theater Review – “Heathers” Is Back from the Dead and Still a Mess

July 18, 2025
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The Off Broadway revival demonstrates how 10 years of dedicated work can make a mediocre musical even worse.

Book Review: “Mark Twain” — The Life of a Champion of Liberating Irreverence

July 18, 2025
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At its best, Mark Twain emerges in this biography as much a live wire as ever: brash, outspoken, and overflowing with exasperating contradictions.

Television Review: “Too Much” — Over the Line

July 17, 2025
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“Too Much”‘s swings from comedy to tragedy generate considerable whiplash.

Film Review: “To a Land Unknown” — The Palestinian Refugee Blues

July 16, 2025
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No one argues about Israel or Hamas, or even mentions the words. All the same, caring this much about Palestinians’ lives is inherently political.

Theater Review: “The Garbologists” — What a Fine Mess We Are In

July 15, 2025
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It is entertaining, but Lindsay Joelle’s script supplies only a tiny, sometimes contrived glimpse at a profession that deserves to be treated with more nuance and understanding.

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