Review
At the Woodstock Film Festival: the stunning documentary “The Remarkable life of Ibelin” and Mike Leigh’s rich and powerful “Hard Truths”.
The Boston Chamber Music Society’s greatest strengths lay in its skill in letting the music breathe.
The music in Avishai Cohen’s album, written and recorded soon after Oct 7, expresses a persistent hopeful gentleness.
“Separated” is a compelling, urgent, and essential examination of an ongoing injustice that every American should see and ponder before going to the polls.
This show brings together works that emphasize an optimistic view of where we are by dramatizing ways in which we can develop a more empathetic connection with the struggling environment.
The goal of a panto is to provide amusement, and this one does, its creative performance team scoring with the help of a generous serving of faux-Americana.
In “Anora,” director Sean Baker brilliantly sustains a hybrid tone, weaving together LOL comedy, sadness, and rage.
Calling out papal bull in the twisty, provocative, and subversive “Conclave”.
This is a well-honed, mostly successful script about the difficulties of making human connections — a drama about seizing the day.
The enormously entertaining “A Virtuous Business” also offers a lesson in nerve and resilience that women everywhere should learn from.
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