Month: May 2014
Mark Morris’ choreography for his 18-member ensemble alternates between joyful ring-around-the-rosy and contra dance circles.
Read MoreIs it the Bard or a magic show? The prestidigitation wins out given the wanness of the dramatic proceedings.
Read MoreKen Schaphorst and Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts made the case for Sun Ra as an egyptologist (who claimed to be from Saturn).
Read MoreIn Chef, the preparation of delicious food becomes a metaphor for a quest for meaningful life and love.
Read MoreThe movie intelligently reimagines the Dostoyevsky novella while retaining the emotional turmoil at its core. It’s a brilliantly executed pitch-black comedy.
Read MoreIt seems deeply appropriate that a superb book of essays by W.G. Sebald about his favorite writers should be his swan song.
Read MoreWhether it was intended or not, Searching for Sugar Man did more than delve into the past of Sixto Rodriguez; it created his future.
Read MoreAll that WASP self-reliance and fortitude, and I, the Jew, am thinking, “Isn’t anyone getting hungry? Doesn’t anyone want to use the potty?”
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Music Commentary: Looking for the Real at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Mostly, I’m looking for that most elusive and hard-to-define quality — authenticity.
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