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TV Review: “Master of None”—Aziz Ansari’s Masterful New Show

November 17, 2015
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Master of None is an exercise in emotionally intelligent storytelling that delves into the real lives of its characters.

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Film Review: “In Jackson Heights”—An Urban Village Going Global

November 17, 2015
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As with so many Frederick Wiseman films, we get color, character, sociology – and cinema.

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Film Review: “The 33″—Truth is More Frightening Than Fiction

November 16, 2015
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Avoiding overly melodramatic images, The 33 is a true horror story on screen, one that we can identify with in the deep, fearful recesses of our collective subconscious.

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Theater Review: Isango Ensemble’s “uCarmen”—A Captivating Version of a Classic

November 16, 2015
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A bewitching South African version of Bizet’s opera — performed with a distinctive blend of spunk and sass.

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Theater Review: Overcoming Silence—”The Love of the Nightingale”

November 15, 2015
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Hub Theatre Company’s production is artfully staged in a challenging, three-quarter round space.

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Dance Review: Process Pieces From Harvard Dance Project

November 14, 2015
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Each of the ten or so music-less sections showed us a different way of composing movement.

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Music Review: Postmodern Jukebox—Reverence for the Past, With a Dash of Irony

November 13, 2015
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Postmodern Jukebox dials the clock back on contemporary pop.

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Film Review: “Once in a Lifetime” and “Meet the Hitlers” at the Boston Jewish Film Festival

November 13, 2015
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Two films in the Boston Jewish Film Festival: one sticks to the commonplace, the other looks at the bizarre.

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Theater Review: “Chopin Without Piano”—A Problematic Idea

November 12, 2015
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I wish I could say I was dazzled by the production’s concept.

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Film Review: “Brooklyn”—A Moving Vision of Irish Hearts and Minds

November 12, 2015
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Brooklyn‘s script neatly consolidates the novel’s trials and tribulations without becoming too saccharine.

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