Review

Film Commentary: This Year’s Venice International Film Festival — From a Judge’s Perch

September 16, 2016
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Who can complain of ten days on the Lido, by the Adriatic Sea?

Film Review: “Demon” — A Beautifully Creepy Dybbuk Yarn

September 15, 2016
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Demon is a powerful movie that, once seen, can’t be easily shaken off.

Theater Review: “Cry Havoc” — The Bard on War, and the Pity of War

September 15, 2016
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Cry Havoc’s message: We expend energy in preparing young men and women for war, but no effort in re-engaging them into the life of not-war.

Fuse Theater Review: “Eight by Tenn” — Tennessee Williams’ Miraculous Miniatures

September 13, 2016
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Eight by Tenn offers eight stories whose psychological depths and linguistic riches rival those of most full-length plays.

Film Review: “Eight Days a Week” — A Marvelous Look at The Beatles on Tour

September 12, 2016
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Unlike any other Beatles documentary, this one succeeds in presenting the hysteria of the few years when the band played live and toured the world.

Theater Review: Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s “Doctor Who” and “Alpha 66”

September 12, 2016
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Cyndi Freeman and Brad Lawrence are accomplishing their mission: to bring the lowbrow entertainment of yesterday to the highbrow viewers of today.

Film Review: “Sully” — A Solid Shot of American Heroism

September 9, 2016
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I was never bored during Sully‘s brisk 90 minutes.

Theater Review: Bread & Puppet’s “Whatforward Circus” — Agit-Prop, But Imaginative

September 8, 2016
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Bread & Puppet Theater’s world of anthropomorphized trees and talking toilets is often funny, sometimes beautiful, and always memorable.

Theater Review: “Autumn Stage” — Being and Plenty of Nothingness

September 8, 2016
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By the end, Autumn Stage comes off as a pint-sized No Exit.

Theater Review: “Blasted” — A Splendidly Visceral Wake-up Call

September 7, 2016
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There is little doubt in my mind that this powerful production of Blasted will be one of the high points in Boston theater this year.

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