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2022 in music documentaries: Ten worth streaming, plus a disappointment.
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Music of Machaut, the teenaged Mozart, and three vibrant American composers, plus a remarkable book about Charles Ives and his works.
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Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions in a year haunted by COVID.
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Watching the action unfold may well make audience members extremely uncomfortable, even leave some traumatized. That may well be the point.
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An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.
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Samuel Adams, a superb political organizer who helped turn the Boston Massacre into a cause célèbre, was more conservative than modern admirers, including biographer Stacy Schiff, want to admit.
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This world-premiere recording of a powerfully compelling opera, based on a play by Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, is revelatory.
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The allure of clean lines, gentle curves, and organic shapes.
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The film’s trajectory is one of acknowledgement, empowerment and, ultimately, redemption. Women Talking gives voice to what is often unexpressed: it is a clamorous call to be silent no more.
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Music Feature: 20 Moments That Made Us Glad Live Music Returned in 2022
Still, for all the gloom and doom, there’s no question that a bountiful amount of live music was finally on offer throughout the year as musicians and presenters continued to defy the odds.
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