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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.
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“The only way to keep the music alive is to view it as a living thing and support artists who approach it that way, rather than as a museum piece.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Two films about the glories of summer are infused with bittersweet reminders of the reality of social class in America.
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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.
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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.
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Arlekin Players Theatre’s “The Dybbuk” may not convince you of the supernatural, but director Igor Golyak is a magician.
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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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Holiday Commentary: Making Room for the Stranger