Review

Doc Talk: “André Is an Idiot” — Death Be Not So Serious

March 19, 2026
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The documentary tries, perhaps a bit too hard, to turn the Grim Reaper into the Grin Reaper.

Rock Album Review: On “Future Soul,” Tedeschi Trucks Band Tightens the Groove and Looks Ahead

March 19, 2026
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“Future Soul” is an exercise in creating maximum accessibility without reducing the band’s extraordinary musicianship.

Television Review: “Imperfect Women” — Apple TV’s Nuanced Soap Opera Explores Female Friendships and Class Strains

March 18, 2026
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While each female protagonist makes some rough decisions, the series never pigeonholes them as villains or saints.

Film Review: “Project Hail Mary” — The Sweet Smell of Science Fiction Wonder

March 18, 2026
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“Project Hail Mary” is an antidote to dystopias, real and imagined.

Film Feature: From the Sewers, With Love — BUFF’s New Directors Bring the Underground Back to Boston

March 17, 2026
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“It’s spring; we rise again. BUFF’s back, we’re bringing hell with us. The underground is back.” — Phil Healy, co-director of the Boston Underground Film Festival

Theater Review: Standing Alone Among the Herd — Yale Rep’s Darkly Hilarious Revival of “Rhinoceros”

March 17, 2026
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“Rhinoceros” is a powerful wake-up call that, whether we like it nor not, we are writhing on the horns of a dilemma.

Concert Review: Virtuosity and Volatility — Tigran Hamasyan’s High-Wire Fusion at Berklee

March 17, 2026
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An evening where music steeped in Armenian culture was too often outweighed by the acrobatic complexities of prog rock and jazz fusion.

Book Review: “Of Loss and Lavender” — Sinan Antoon on Exile and Forgetting

March 16, 2026
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I cannot recall reading a more poignant and persuasive description of the inexorable descent of Alzheimer’s disease, certainly not from inside the sufferer’s mind.

Theater Review: “The Antiquities” — An Alarming Futuristic Time Capsule Undone by Lifeless Design

March 16, 2026
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In his speculative play “The Antiquities,” dramatist Jordan Harrison has no trouble envisioning earthlings in the post-human age.

Book Review: Toxic Completism — Rescuing Jazz from the Algorithm in “Listening to Prestige”

March 15, 2026
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“Listening to Prestige” can be read as a kind of post-literate anti-Spotify. And, lo and behold, it’s true jazz history.

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