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Bianco Amato is a marvel as Anton Chekov’s widow, Olga Knipper, who can turn her fake emotions on a ruble.
Read MoreThe journey of Anders Zorn, from Swedish hamlet to the top echelon of society portraitists and back again, has a couple of messages for us. The first leg of the journey tells us that careerism is not a new phenomenon in the art world. The second tells us what it may be worth in the end.
Read MoreBeyond the Hills is not the horror film the trailer seems to advertise, but it is certainly horrific.
Read MoreIn the end, it is not the brilliance of his criticism or the strength of his prose for which we will remember Roger Ebert, but his humanity and his love—for film, for life, and, most of all, for people.
Read MoreYesterday the folks behind Rdio.com, the online music subscription service, started unveiling Vdio, an online video rental and sales service.
Read MoreIt was while watching the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament that I stumbled upon an interesting trend: non-American rock music being used in American advertising campaigns.
Read More“Once people hear this music they do indeed come back for it – it is pleasing on so many levels: it soars, it soothes, it excites, it transports.”
Read MoreIt is April in New England and for local music that means one thing, it’s time to RUMBLE!.
Read MoreThis week the Cunningham Dance Foundation released The Legacy Plan, a series of steps to document and preserve Merce Cunningham’s choreographies.
Read MoreThe once proudly and authentically counter-cultural paper The Boston Phoenix went out ugly, fawning on mobster Whitey Bulger.
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Arts Commentary & CD Reviews: On The Kennedy Center, Ben Folds, & Gustav Mahler