Review

WATCH CLOSELY: “Requiem” — A Stylish, But Uneven, Occult Thriller

April 5, 2018
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If you’ve seen The Wicker Man and/or Hot Fuzz, you may recognize and appreciate the tone of these folk horror underpinnings.

Theater Review: Flat Earth’s “Antigone” — Inspired, But Flawed

April 3, 2018
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Flat Earth Theatre’s staging of Antigone was filled with strong performances and provocative ideas.

Film Review: “Spettacolo” — A Tuscan Town “That Plays Itself”

April 2, 2018
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The landscape and architecture are beautifully photographed, but more important are the array of faces and the music of the voices.

Jazz Concert/CD Review: Frank Carlberg and Noah Preminger — “Whispers and Cries”

April 2, 2018
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The talented duo’s ability to impressively converse across a stylistic divide was fascinating.

Film Review: “Unsane” — Stalking 2.0

April 1, 2018
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Despite some storytelling flaws, Unsane is ultimately suspenseful, terrifying, and rather haunting.

Visual Art Review: Public Art at Boston’s Fenway Neighborhood’s Pierce Boston Tower

March 31, 2018
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A lost opportunity for the developers, arquitectonica, and artist Alexandre da Cunha.

Classical CD Reviews: Alexander Melnikov’s Four Pianos and Leonard Bernstein’s Mass

March 29, 2018
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Pianist Alexander Melnikov has come up with one of the still-young year’s most compelling discs, Deutsche Grammophon releases an aural train wreck.

Theater Review: “Little Orphan Danny” — Sweet and Raunchy

March 28, 2018
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Little Orphan Danny is an engaging and satisfying musical, a fun journey through the life of an affable troublemaker.

Classical CD Review: Vänskä’s Mahler Six, Harding’s Mahler Nine, Louise Farrenc Symphonies, Handel & Haydn Society plays Haydn and Mozart

March 28, 2018
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Two Mahler symphonies, one sluggish the other intense, while symphonies composed by Louise Farrenc, Mozart, and Haydn are done right.

Film Review: “Leaning into the Wind” — The Giving Tree

March 26, 2018
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Watching this film, one is struck at how it is essentially a collection of moments that, taken together, create a satisfying portrait of a life.

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