Review

Theater Review: A Romantic Yet Unnerving “Constellations”

September 18, 2017
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Underground Railway Theater’s production of this touching and articulate play is perfectly lovely.

Classical Concert Review: Odyssey Opera’s “The Maid of Orléans”

September 17, 2017
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Saturday’s performance ranked among Odyssey Opera’s finest and most artistically satisfying undertakings.

Book Review: Last Night A Book Saved My Life or….What To Read, or Not

September 17, 2017
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I asked the venerable progressive publisher New Directions to send me what it has done for literature lately.

Film Review: Hell is Other People — Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”

September 16, 2017
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Chaos threatens to usurp the plot, but Jennifer Lawrence’s luminous performance keeps the story, such as it is, moving along.

Theater Review: “Men on Boats” — A Trip with its Ups and Downs

September 16, 2017
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Men on Boats is a sometimes rollicking, at other times tedious, one-act play.

Film Review: “mother!” — Welcome to the Pagan Cult of the Eye

September 15, 2017
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No doubt many will find director Darren Aronofsky’s transgressive vision overwrought, but the film is undeniably powerful.

Film Preview: The Brattle Theatre Presents All Tilda Swinton, All the Time

September 14, 2017
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Just about every night at the Brattle through September 23 is Tilda Swinton night. What’s not be thrilled about?

Jazz CD Review: “Handful of Keys” — Paying Lively Respect to the Past

September 14, 2017
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The disc’s assemblage of young and old pianists pays off — Handful of Keys is one of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s better efforts.

Book Review: “The Seventh Function of Language” — A Deconstructive Whodunit

September 14, 2017
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Laurent Binet’s entertaining detective yarn is set in the harum-scarum social scene of French literary theory, philosophy, and politics.

Theater Review: “Gypsy” — A Fine Production of a Troubling Classic Musical

September 14, 2017
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If Gypsy is one of your favorite musicals, chances are you’ll find Lyric Stage’s production of the admired show to be a terrific time.

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