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Film Review: “Hail Satan?” — Fighting Evil

March 30, 2019
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These satanists are far less concerned with organizing decadent ceremonies (though there is a fair bit of that, and it’s thrilling to behold) than they are with exposing corruption and hypocrisy.

Television Review: “Shrill” — Fat and Proud

March 30, 2019
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Shrill picks up narrative strength once we see Annie slowly come to terms with the yawning gap between who she is and who she has been told to be by her family, her friends, and society at large.

Jazz Album Review: Miles Davis — An Excellent Homage to the Master

March 29, 2019
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This album does an excellent job of recapturing some of the glory of the original Miles Davis recordings.

Theater Review: Taming a Shrew in the #MeToo Era

March 28, 2019
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The new Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate removes much of the objectionable material — and a lot of the fun

Theater Review: “Not Medea” — Blending the Mythical and the Mundane

March 28, 2019
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Not Medea is a stirring character portrait, a detailed examination of the ruthless demands society makes — and has always made — on women.

Theater Review: “Dragon Lady” — One Badass Matriarch

March 28, 2019
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Dragon Lady ‘s power lies partly in its existential authenticity, the power of the personal.

Classical Music Review: San Francisco Symphony at Symphony Hall

March 27, 2019
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While the orchestra’s program was almost defiantly canonical, it was played with such lightness and energy that you could forgive its disappointing safeness.

Theater Review: “Photograph 51” — Woman of Science

March 25, 2019
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A revival of Anna Ziegler’s absorbing and enlightening study of the brilliant British biophysicist Dr. Rosalind Franklin.

Book Review: “The Ash Family” — A Commune or a Cult?

March 24, 2019
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The Ash Family is a full-color illustration of how the modern world leaves people vulnerable to radical ideas.

Film Review: We are All “Us”

March 23, 2019
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Us is a comic-horror allegory about the revolution of the underclass.

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