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Book Review: The Story of the ‘Hand Grenade’ — Emmanuel Carrère’s Biography of the Russian Writer Eduard Limonov

November 5, 2014
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A compelling chronicle of the life of the notorious Russian writer and political activist Eduard Limonov.

Concert Review: Pianist Richard Goode’s Sublime Beethoven Sonatas

November 4, 2014
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Pianist Richard Goode provided everything that is asked of a Beethoven master: color, infinite shadings, interesting, convincing tempi, and soul.

Dance Review: Boston Ballet’s “Swan Lake” – A Reverent Visit into the World of Renaissance European Fairy Tale

November 4, 2014
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If you know Swan Lake, there will be few structural surprises. Girl turned into swan, prince falls in love, prince gets fooled, they both feel really terrible, and die.

Book Review: “Stealing All Transmissions” — How The Clash Conquered America

November 3, 2014
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Stealing All Transmissions is slim, but nearly every page is filled with insight and originality.

Visual Arts: Simon Fujiwara at Harvard’s Carpenter Center — A Canny, Wildly Funny Lens on Modern Ideas

November 2, 2014
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Simon Fujiwara epitomizes the new model of a successful avant-garde artist in the world today.

Film Review: “Hoax_Canular” — Teen Prophets Turn to YouTube to Warn of Doomsday

November 1, 2014
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Hoax_Canular contains many troubling glimpses into private worlds, intimate visions of radical insecurity that are baffling, frightening, and flat-out bizarre.

Film Review: “Nightcrawler” — A Dark Parody of Getting Ahead

October 31, 2014
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Nightcrawler is a vicious satire of the high stakes required to survive in an American free enterprise system where losers are kicked to the curb and winners take all.

Fuse Film Review: “Listen Up Philip” — Portrait of the Artist as Sheer Ego

October 31, 2014
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Despite Philip’s self-absorbed claptrap, young, successful women seem to be drawn to him. Go figure.

Theater Review: “Hedda Gabler” at the Gamm Theatre — Not Subtle, But Lively

October 31, 2014
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Despite some awkward staging decisions and the script tampering, there is plenty of lively drive in this production of Hedda Gabler.

Theater Review: “Bad Jews” — Lots of Sound and Fury

October 31, 2014
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The play’s lead characters – representing polar opposites, cultural versus religious Judaism – ultimately exhaust one another, and us.

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