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Film Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel — A Deliriously Eccentric Adventure Story

March 7, 2014
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Director Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” presents a frenzied feast of lavish and preposterous set pieces, performances, and tall tales.

Concert Review: Pianist Stephen Hough Dazzles in Rockport

March 6, 2014
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Stephen Hough’s performance of piano works by Brahms and Chopin was enthralling, poetic, and spellbinding.

Music Review: On Quatuor Ébène’s program — Mozart, Bartók and “Pulp Fiction.”

March 5, 2014
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Quatuor Ébène burst into song. And I think it’s safe to say singing of any kind is almost never heard at a strings-only concert.

Classical Concert Review: An Enthusiastic Discovery Ensemble at Jordan Hall

March 4, 2014
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As if the Discovery Ensemble’s impressive return after a three-month hiatus weren’t news enough, last week brought the announcement that Courtney Lewis has been appointed assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic, beginning this fall.

Theater Review: A First-Rate “Flick” From Company One

March 3, 2014
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In “The Flick,” Annie Baker creates youngish characters that my students at Boston University would call “relatable,” exploring how self-delusions, stereotypes, and fear keep them from connecting in a meaningful way.

Book Review: A Whirlwind Journey from Memory to Reason — Notebooks, English Virtuosi, and Early Modern Science

March 3, 2014
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“Notebooks, English Virtuosi, and Early Modern Science” makes a profound claim about the need for cognitive restructuring in the face of information overload.

TV Review: Give Some Love to TBS’s “The Pete Holmes Show”

March 2, 2014
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Along with the absence of a desk, the fact that guests aren’t coming on in order to plug their latest whatever sets “The Pete Holmes Shows” apart from typical late-night fare.

New York Theater Round Up: “Intimacy,” “Stage Kiss,” and “Love and Information”

February 28, 2014
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A trio of superb off Broadway plays explore the complicated faces of love and lust — from the seamy to the sublime.

Dance Review: TAO Dance Theater — All Wound Up

February 28, 2014
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If calculating pi to a far-off-integer isn’t for you, TAO Dance Theater’s baffling kinetic exploits may seem less like an incredible journey than a trudge to a dead end.

Film Review: “If You Build It” — A Stirring Look at Construction and Idealism

February 28, 2014
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Are the 16-year-olds in the deep South capable of such a challenging, cumbersome construction task? Especially with the school year coming close to an end?

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