Review

Book Review: “Every Song Ever” — Notes From an Enigmatic Ear

July 26, 2016
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Ben Ratliff’s volume about how to listen to music is full of fairly radical but largely undefended assertions.

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Book Review and Commentary: Testaments to the Wonderful Ears of Ralph J. Gleason

July 26, 2016
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A writer has to write for the now or to write for the ages. Gleason almost always chose the now, but his best moments go deeper.

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Theater Review: Apollinaire Theatre Company’s “Hamlet” — Thrilling and Peripatetic

July 25, 2016
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Apollinaire Theatre Company has expanded the possibilities of finding first-rate outdoor Shakespeare in the Boston area.

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Theater Review: “peerless” — Unexpectedly Wonderful

July 25, 2016
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peerless will have generations of parents and current as well as former teenagers laughing in concert.

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Film Review: Woody Allen’s “Café Society” — Cobwebbed

July 24, 2016
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Conclusion: Woody Allen is, and long long has been, an aged fart.

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Fuse Film Review: “Nuts!” — A Documentary Skeptical About Documentaries

July 24, 2016
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A meta-documentary shows us what viewers really want from the genre, and how problematic that can be.

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Film Review: “Microbe and Gasoline” — Michel Gondry’s Coming of Age Charmer

July 22, 2016
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The performances by Ange Dargent and Théophile Baquet could not be better.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” — A Playful Play on Chekhov

July 22, 2016
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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike goes on about a half hour too long, but the quality of the acting overcomes the longueurs.

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Opera Review: Boston Midsummer Opera Provides the Perfect Summer Break

July 22, 2016
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Boston Midsummer Opera may be performing in a new location, but all their virtues have arrived at Watertown intact.

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Television Review: “Horace and Pete” — A Bracing Shot of Nihilism

July 21, 2016
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Louis CK has said that he is more proud of this show than anything else he’s done.

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