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Film Review: “Queer” — The Color of Loneliness

December 14, 2024
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“Queer” breaks new artistic ground for an artist whose visionary talent is already well-established.

Film Review: “Day of the Fight” – The Boxing Genre Reinvented … Again

December 12, 2024
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It may be shot in B&W, but “Day of the Fight” is not a retread of “Raging Bull” — though Joe Pesci is present.

Children’s Book Reviews: Choose Your Own Adventure!

December 12, 2024
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Children will delight in two books that celebrate creativity and imagination, and one that shows a new way of seeing the world through maps.

Film Review: “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” — Troll Poopies

December 12, 2024
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Ya gotta understand — corporate assholes are like Sauron’s boss, Morgoth. They are incapable of creation. They can only appropriate and warp, like how Morgoth appropriated and warped Elves to create Orcs.

NYC Theater Reviews: “Stereophonic” and “Babe” — The Music Business Onstage

December 12, 2024
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Both Stereophonic and Babemake compelling drama out of the volatile world of pop music-making.

Visual Arts Review: At the Danforth Art Museum — Strong Exhibitions That Will Get You Thinking

December 10, 2024
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A look at three exhibitions by New England artists who are concerned about climate change and gun violence.

Poetry Review: “What Comes from the Night” — Witnessing Tiny Secret Lives

December 10, 2024
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“What Comes from the Night’ testifies to John Taylor’s complex bond with nature, a generous alliance that includes moments of introspection and melancholy.

Film Review: “Oh, Canada” — Remembrance of Uncertainty Past

December 10, 2024
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The aim is to evoke, critically, a period when adventure, for men, was about running away to Cuba or going on Kerouac-inspired road trips.

Box Set Album Review: “Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 4” — At the Peak of Her Powers

December 7, 2024
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“Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 4” is rich in what too many box sets skimp on: a wide-ranging spread of live recordings. In this case, they demonstrate how Mitchell’s songs evolved on stage as well as in the studio, documenting a genius at work.

Jazz Album Review: Emily Remler’s “Cookin’ at the Queens: Live in Las Vegas 1984 & 1988” — Incomparable

December 6, 2024
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“Cookin’ at the Queens” is an invaluable addition to the legacy of guitarist Emily Remler.

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