Review

Visual Arts Review: “Splendor, Myth, and Vision: Nudes from the Prado”

July 5, 2016
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Beyond a few superb works, the panorama of flesh proves to be oddly enervating.

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Film Review: “Genius”? Oh, Really?

July 4, 2016
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Unfortunately for Genius, film is a visual medium, not a talking heads snore fest.

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Theater Review: “The Rose Tattoo” — A Spectacular Production from the Williamstown Theatre Festival

July 4, 2016
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This superb production offers audiences a chance to discover or rediscover an American classic.

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Theater Review: “My Jane” — Not Much New Here

July 2, 2016
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The production, like so many I’ve seen staged by the Chester Theatre Company, makes the most of limited resources.

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Dance Review: Bereishit Dance Company — Cosmopolitan Grace

July 2, 2016
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Soon-Ho Park’s dancers seem imbued with the casual cosmopolitanism of their peers, but they reflect a deep seriousness in their craft.

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Fuse Film Review: “Wiener-Dog” — Dog Day Afterlife

July 1, 2016
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In time, Wiener-Dog may be the film that defines Todd Solondz as a filmmaker.

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Book Review: “American Rhapsody” — A Lucid Song of Ourselves

June 28, 2016
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One of the ironies inf American Rhapsody is that most of the artists Pierpont takes up didn’t find life in America to be rhapsodic at all.

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Film Review: “Therapy for a Vampire” — Blood, Lust

June 27, 2016
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There is plenty of comedy in this horror film: think A Midsummer Night’s Dream meets I Love Lucy.

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Book Review: A. B. Yehoshua’s “The Extra” — A Genius for Dissecting Family Matters

June 27, 2016
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This canny writer is concerned with the kind of complicated family relationships that engaged his Jewish literary forebears.

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Film Review: “Tickled” — It’s Funny Until it Happens to You

June 24, 2016
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I can’t quite believe I’m cautioning viewers about the troubling nature of a documentary about tickling.

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