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Concert Review: The Boston Philharmonic Performs Ravel, Berg, and Mahler

February 29, 2024
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The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra was violinist Liza Ferschtman’s equal partner for much of the performance, imbuing Alban Berg’s dense orchestral writing with warmth and shapeliness

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Theater Review: “Thirst” — In the Shadow of Greatness

February 28, 2024
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The weight of the masterpiece on the other side of the kitchen door is ever-present, and it casts a smothering shadow on this lighter drama.

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At the Berlin International Film Festival: Alonso Ruizpalacios’s “La Cocina” and Nicolas Philibert’s “At Averroès & Rosa Parks”

February 28, 2024
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A Mexican director sets a British play in a Times Square restaurant and patients talk to their psychiatrists in Paris.

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Film Review: “Four Daughters” — Young Womanhood and Trauma, Experienced and Inherited

February 28, 2024
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“Four Daughters” calls attention to the complex and admittedly slippery nature of nonfiction filmmaking.

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Book Review: “Jazz With a Beat: Small Group Swing, 1940-1960” — Told With an Edge

February 27, 2024
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Shouting and honking saxes made visceral appeals to the emotions and the body. For jazz critics, this kind of theatricality degraded what should have been ‘Art.’

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Book Review: Kara Swisher’s “Burn Book: A Tech Love Story”

February 26, 2024
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Reporter Kara Swisher’s fought with just about every important tech bro titan (and yes, they are all bros) from Steve Jobs to Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and many others – and has always come out on top.

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Coming Attractions: February 25 through March 12 — What Will Light Your Fire

February 25, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Theater Review: “Becoming a Man” — Making a Statement

February 25, 2024
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If only “Becoming a Man”‘s pathos were less streamlined, its theatricality more ambitious.

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Film Review: “Perfect Days” — Plumbing the Depths

February 24, 2024
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In his latest feature, filmmaker Wim Wenders extols the simple life.

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Classical Album Reviews: “African American Voices 2” & “A Room of Her Own”

February 24, 2024
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Kellen Gray and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra continue its mission of bringing vital music to life; the Neave Trio releases an album of gems, a survey of piano trios by four women.

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