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Opera Album Review: A Devilishly Good First Recording for Louise Bertin’s “Fausto”

June 26, 2024
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Much praised by Berlioz and others, this Italian opera (composed for the great mezzo María Malibran) brings a notable female composer out of the shadows.

Doc Talk: New Spins on Plan B in “Flipside”

June 25, 2024
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A profound piece of director Chris Wilcha’s life was being disrespected and threatened with extinction. He had to do something. He had to make a documentary about it.

Film Reviews: Provincetown Film Festival 2024 — Where’s the Box Office?

June 25, 2024
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At this year’s festival: the Best Film of 2024, “We Strangers,” and a slew of gossipy docs on show business celebrities.

Book Review: Singer, Songwriter, and Guitarist Robyn Hitchcock — A Man Who Never Left the ’60s

June 25, 2024
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This unconventional memoir suggests that music can do more than just change ideas or beliefs — it can transform minds, overhaul brains.

Book Review: “F*CK The Army” — Anti-War Entertainment

June 25, 2024
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The revolving cast members of the FTA road show were determined to reinforce the belief among members of the military that the Vietnam War was at best pointless and at worst criminally insane as well as murderous.

Film Reviews: “Gasoline Rainbow” and “Happy Campers” — Superior Summer Flicks Tinged with Loss

June 24, 2024
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Two films about the glories of summer are infused with bittersweet reminders of the reality of social class in America.

Film Review: “Janet Planet” — The Fertile Silence of Awareness

June 24, 2024
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As usual, Annie Baker is more interested in how viewers gather information, gleaned from bits of dialogue, than in wrapping up a neat plot or delivering a message.

Concert Review: Lana Del Rey Strikes Like Lightning at Fenway

June 24, 2024
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What Lana Del Rey lost in time at Fenway she tried to make up for with the slew of guests she brought on stage.

Theater Review: A Magical, Risky, Reimagined Production of “The Dybbuk”

June 23, 2024
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Arlekin Players Theatre’s “The Dybbuk” may not convince you of the supernatural, but director Igor Golyak is a magician.

Film Review: “Ghostlight” — Stages of Grief

June 23, 2024
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A movie about an amateur theater company’s production of a classic play taps into the universal truth of irremediable and ineluctable loss. And there isn’t a dry eye in the house.

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