Review

Film Review: “The Wedding Plan” — Is Jewish Orthodoxy Really a Woman’s World?

May 28, 2017
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This time that we’re getting a too-sweetened take on Hasidism, and maybe of Jewish Orthodoxy in all of its manifestations.

Book Review: “Age of Anger” — Politics United in Hate

May 28, 2017
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In his profound new book Age of Anger, historian Pankaj Mishra finds the key to Trump-worship.

Theater Review: “Fuente Ovejuna” — An Underwhelming Revival

May 26, 2017
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Lope de Vega’s classic story of how the powerless stood up to authority — and won –deserves better treatment than clumsy caricature.

Visual Arts Review: Matisse in the Studio — Objects Inspiring Art

May 26, 2017
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Matisse said his objects were his “working library,” sources to mine for formal qualities and their ability to evoke an emotional response.

Theater Review: Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s Dream of a Midsummer Night

May 24, 2017
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Mortals would be foolish to miss the ASP’s version of Shakespeare’s Dream.

New York Theater Review: Storytime — “Venus” and “The Antipodes”

May 24, 2017
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Two plays from major American dramatists interrogate how we come up with the stories we tell about ourselves.

Dance Review: L.A. Dance Project — Dancing All Over the Place

May 24, 2017
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All three pieces delivered eclectic dancing, appealing bodies, unostentatious scenic effects, and trendy but serious music.

Theater Review: “Kunstler” — A Radical for the Defense

May 23, 2017
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Barrington Stage has kicked off its summer season with a smart, funny, and very timely show about radical defense attorney William Kunstler.

Film Review: “The Death of Louis XIV” — Spotlight on Mortality

May 22, 2017
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It is not a movie for every taste; in fact, it is as close to watching paint dry as a film can get. I mean that in a good way.

Book Review: “Rapture” — Modernism, Daredevil Style

May 21, 2017
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Rapture is a worthwhile curio that grapples, entertainingly, with Modernism’s artistic, structural, and revolutionary quandaries.

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