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Theater Review: “The Whole World” — The Monsters Are Us

May 2, 2015
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The Whole World focuses on the incoherence that lurks underneath the empowering narratives we tell about ourselves.

Fuse Film Review: This Year’s Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Films — Unexpected Riches

May 1, 2015
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I’ve served on several dozen film juries about the globe in the last three decades. I can’t recall ever having a choice of so many splendid films from which to award a grand prize.

Film Review: “Slow West” : The Western Epic Redux — and Reduced

April 30, 2015
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Slow West bursts with visual interest, but doesn’t seem to be able to settle on what story it wants to tell.

Book Review: “Academy Street” — Affirming Life in Fresh and Surprising Ways

April 29, 2015
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This is a powerful, intensely felt short novel about the lives of ordinary people by a very young Irish writer.

Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Balancing Acts at Symphony Hall

April 27, 2015
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What makes pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet an ideal interpreter of Ravel’s Concerto in G is his understanding of and appreciation for jazz.

Theater Review: Wham “(Betty) Bam” Thank You Mam

April 26, 2015
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Had Daniil Kharms’ texts been available at the high tide of the Theater of the Absurd, his plays would be performed alongside those of Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco.

Visual Arts Review: Photographer Gordon Parks — Return to Fort Scott

April 25, 2015
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Back To Fort Scott, a compact, affecting exhibition of meticulously printed black and white photographs, is like a grainy, retro speed bump between the museum’s adjacent galleries.

Film Review: “Adult Beginners” — Learning the Same Old Lessons

April 24, 2015
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The comedy-tinged-with-drama touches on themes tackled by a bunch of recent indie movies that center on characters in their thirties and forties who feel like imposters in the world of adults.

Film Review: At the IFFBoston — “H.” — Where Sci-Fi and Greek Mythology Mingle

April 23, 2015
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H. relies on clever editing manipulations and pithy reaction shots rather than on flashy special effects.

Concert Review: Chameleon Arts Ensemble Pianists Impress ‘Up Close’

April 23, 2015
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Had they not had interesting and flourishing careers already in place, Elizabeth Schumann and Gloria Chien could give many full-time piano duos a run for their money.

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