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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
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Arvo Pärt’s ubiquity in concert halls and on disc for much of the last fifty years suggests that he’s got plenty to say to our cultural and historic moment.
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The play eventually packs a wallop, but it drags its feet at the start.
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The cross generational Do the Reggae Tour suggested that reggae’s creative trek was far from over.
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A trio of political films at TIFF — ranging from tragedy to farce.
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Across his career, British conductor Martyn Brabbins has used his bully pulpit to bring to light all sorts of deserving, unfamiliar repertoire, including the music of compatriot Havergal Brian.
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It’s hard to imagine that Hollywood suits would get behind a movie focused on a corrupt political regime, even one that’s now history.
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Director P.T. Anderson’s latest puts up a fight, but it is for a lost cause.
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The book presents brisk, information-rich capsule biographies of twenty largely under-publicized figures who, against the odds and at significant personal sacrifice, worked valiantly to promote a range of underdog causes, from abolition to union organizing to disarmament.
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“A Body To Live In” is not trying to be a conventional biopic — this is an atmospheric reminiscence of an underground movement.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025