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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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If only “Becoming a Man”‘s pathos were less streamlined, its theatricality more ambitious.
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In his latest feature, filmmaker Wim Wenders extols the simple life.
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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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Pianist Yunchan Lim struck an arresting balance between thunderous drama and filigreed lyricism as he tackled Rachmaninoff’s knuckle-busting score.
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“The Path to Paradise” is yet another bio in praise of a high modernist male artist who is seen as that much more colorful because of his excesses and failures.
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Franz Peter Zimmermann’s rendition of Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto overflows with style and character; James Ehnes’ version is generally warmer and more relaxed, though it doesn’t lack for rhythmic zip.
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Despite its flaws, “Dune: Part Two” is a grand, sprawling, and deeply intelligent science-fiction epic.
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The stories in this collection are uneven, although to my mind the beauty and brilliance of the best outweigh the others.
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