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Prison doesn’t “fail” so much as it succeeds at missions nobody in authority wants to acknowledge: punishment, humiliation, and separation from the community beyond the walls
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No spoilers here about what lies beneath the film’s dreamy layers of story, but some viewers will find the narrative pulling them helplessly forward, sucked into a maelstrom of pain and trauma and love and regret and memory.
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Our theater critics salute the year’s outstanding productions.
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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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Boston’s veneration of John Singer Sargent is awkwardly implicated in the city’s habit of denouncing modern art.
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Director Wim Wenders discusses two new films about art and toilets.
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Don’t underestimate the elemental power of a story that takes the reader inside the mind and heart of a good and decent man caught in a helpless situation.
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In this performance, Blue Heron conveyed enough merriment for Christmastime and beyond.
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An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.
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Special Feature: Quotes for the New Year
A few quotes for the New Year that will sting or sustain.
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