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Television Review: Apple TV’s “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed” Delivers Anxiety, Not Ecstasy

May 22, 2026
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 Tatiana Maslany anchors a cluttered but compulsively watchable thriller about cam culture, murder, and a very stressed-out mom.

Jazz Album Reviews: Live Sets from Four Modern Masters

May 21, 2026
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Archival releases document the contrasting styles and shared brilliance of pianist Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Thelonious Monk, and Cecil Taylor on the bandstand.

Book Review: “Sounds Like Trouble to Me” — The Damage Prisons Do

May 21, 2026
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Jean Trounstine’s debut blends hard-won insight with high drama in a prison story of guilt, resistance, and survival.

Film Review: “Friend” or Foliage?

May 21, 2026
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Visually beguiling, “Silent Friend” may probe the mysteries of consciousness, but it has little on its mind.

Book Review: Alma Mahler — Sorceress of the Modern

May 21, 2026
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Judith Grohmann’s biography restores a complex cultural force too often reduced to muse and myth.

Dance Review: John Lam’s New Company Finds Its Footing

May 19, 2026
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Lam Dance Works pairs visiting virtuosity with emerging dancers, revealing both the promise and growing pains of a young Boston troupe.

Visual Arts Review: Rembrandt’s Jewish Amsterdam

May 19, 2026
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An MFA exhibition traces how Amsterdam’s Jewish community shaped the artist’s imagination, revealing a rich interplay of daily life, biblical narrative, and cultural exchange.

Television Review: “Song of the Samurai” — A Lush, Kinetic Take on Japan’s Shinsengumi

May 18, 2026
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HBO’s adaptation blends historical grit with balletic fight choreography, elevating the live-action anime genre.

Book Review: Poet Gregory Orr Looks Back Through the Static

May 18, 2026
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In this volume, Gregory Orr revisits a lifetime of poetic concerns with grace, though not always with urgency.

Classical Album Review: Edward MacDowell’s Piano Concerto No. 2 & Orchestral Works

May 18, 2026
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A persuasive case for MacDowell’s orchestral voice, led by pianist Xiayin Wang and conductor John Wilson.

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