Review

Film Review: “Zero Motivation” — An Enthralling Hebraic Version of “M*A*S*H”

December 12, 2014
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Are men totally useless in Zero Motivation? Well, they can come in handy when you want to use one of them as a sexual object.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Necessary Monsters” — A Confusing Walk on the Wild Side

December 12, 2014
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Attempting to dig underneath our protective psychic skins to get at the festering Ids within, John Kuntz would like Necessary Monsters to mesh laughter and fright, comedy and horror.

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Music Review: Having an Aimee Mann Christmas

December 11, 2014
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For those of us who love Christmas music, Aimee Mann and company showed how to do it right: a lot of lovely songs and festive spirits, not a lot of sticky sentiment.

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Fuse Theater Review: “O.P.C.” — Thinking Outside of the Prada Box

December 9, 2014
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If the fate of life on earth comes down to mother and daughter bonding over a racy passage in Anaïs Nin, then he whales should just call it a day.

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Film Review: “Bad Hair” — A Very Good Movie

December 8, 2014
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Mariana Rondón’s Bad Hair is a beautifully acted film about the stultifying pressures on downtrodden lives.

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Book Review: Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” — A Translation That Respects the Nuances

December 6, 2014
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Marian Schwartz’s careful translation of Anna Karenina is exquisitely mindful of the book’s complex linguistic texture.

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Book Review: Émile Zola’s “The Conquest of Plassans” — “Tartuffe” Gone Realpolitik

December 5, 2014
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Entertaining yet incisive, The Conquest of Plassans remains a devastatingly acute reminder that religion and politics make surprisingly compatible bedfellows.

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TV Commentary: Toward a Critique of “The Big Bang Theory”

December 4, 2014
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On this show, thriving on caricature as it does, the chasm between Amy and Sheldon stops laughter long enough to suggest poignancy.

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Fuse Opera Review: BEMF Stages Two Delightful Neapolitan Comic Operas

December 4, 2014
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BEMF’s double bill of two short and comic Pergolesi operas made for an unusual and totally delightful presentation.

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Visual Arts Review: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles at the MFA — The Beauty of Speed

December 4, 2014
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles at the MFA is a delightful exhibition dedicated to vehicular speed, mobility, style, and joy.

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