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Book Review: “A Shared Cinema” — A Dazzling Book of Interviews with French Film Critic Michel Ciment

August 6, 2024
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Thanks to publisher Paul Cronin for providing “A Shared Cinema,” allowing me and other film lovers hours of pleasure with the inimitable voice of the great French critic and editor Michel Ciment.

Classical Album Reviews: Manfred Honeck Conducts Bruckner and Janine Jansen Plays Prokofiev & Sibelius

August 6, 2024
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Conductor Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony deliver a conspicuously satisfying and fluent Bruckner Seventh. Dutch violinist Janine Jansen also possesses an uncommon ability to enliven the familiar.

Book Review: “The Work of Art” — Capturing the Experience of Creativity

August 5, 2024
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Adam Moss’ book is an inspiring compendium of interviews and profiles of 43 creatives on how they make their work, using iconic examples to illuminate their process.

Classical Album Reviews: Eric Coates Orchestral Works, Vol. 4, and Prokofiev Orchestral Works

August 5, 2024
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John Wilson and his players clearly have the measure of Eric Coates’ tuneful, often clever, style and deliver it to the hilt; Aziz Shokhakimov and the Strasbourgers, though still on a learning curve, have a bright future ahead of them.

Film Review: The Art of Adolescent Angst on Display in “Didi”

August 4, 2024
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Like Truffaut, Spielberg, Gerwig, and other renowned auteurs, director Sean Wang has made a deeply felt, funny film that cogently draws on his experiences as a volatile and angsty adolescent.

Film Review: “Sing Sing” — The Truth of Performance, Behind Bars

August 3, 2024
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Compellingly, “Sing Sing” reinforces the belief that art, no matter where it takes place, has the power to heal, educate, and build community.

Dance Review: Emma Cianchi and ArtGarageDanceCompany at Jacob’s Pillow — Bravissima!

August 3, 2024
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Homer’s use of ancient myth is used to show that women, like the sea, have been — and will continue to be — the ecological instigators of growth and transformation.

Jazz Album Review: Ize Trio’s “The Global Suites” — Exuberantly and Deliberately International

August 2, 2024
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Made up of a Californian, a Palestinian, and a native of Cyprus, Ize Trio is about probing into the meaning of cultural differences as well as learning each other’s personal characteristics.

Book Review: “Happy Apocalypse” — A License to Pollute for Profit

August 2, 2024
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This book argues that environmental and industrial regulations, in place since the early 19th century, weren’t devised to reign in environmental destruction or workplace dangers.

Theater Review: “Ben Butler” — A Verbally Dexterous Comedy About Serious Business

August 1, 2024
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This production brings the Peterborough Players back in line with their own best traditions: entertaining, thoughtful, delightfully irreverent.

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