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Film Review: Photographer Nan Goldin Makes the Sacklers Feel Pain — At the New York Film Festival

October 13, 2022
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For once, shame worked. Museums that normally court the robber barons of our era capitulated and took the Sackler name-plates down.

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Concert Review: Europa Galante — Baroque Music Aficionados Take Note

October 12, 2022
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Europa Galante is small enough to make touring financially viable, yet large enough to successfully undertake “larger” works in a variety of venues.

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Classical Music Preview: Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2022-23 Season

October 12, 2022
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The season-long celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Benjamin Zander’s debut as a conductor, which gets underway later this month when the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) returns to the stage, doesn’t stint on festive spirit.

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Movie Review: “Triangle of Sadness” — A Saw-Toothed Attack on Capitalist Excess

October 11, 2022
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Ruben Östlund is a richly talented filmmaker who puts the world of outrageous privilege in his cross hairs.

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Concert Review: Nick Mason’s Fabulous Saucerful of Secrets

October 10, 2022
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Unlike the slow, spacy stonerism of the 1973-77 era, early Pink Floyd is a much more rocking experience, and those foundational tunes of English psychedelia take on the excitement of punk to modern ears when heard live.

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Concert Review: Fontaines D.C. — Irish Darkness

October 9, 2022
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At House of Blues, Fontaines D.C.’s brooding, bristling music was offset by shifting swatches of amber and purple lighting amid the shadows, casting the musicians in mysterious terms.

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Book Review: “Christianity’s American Fate” — Too Much Double-Talk

October 9, 2022
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Religion is false, unscientific, and morally dubious, and any discussion that doesn’t take that as its starting point will end up going astray.

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Coming Attractions: October 9 through 24 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 9, 2022
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As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse 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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Film Review: “Tár” — Music Is Her Master

October 7, 2022
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Tar is about a major artist with an outsize ego who ignores at her peril the seismic shifts in the culture.

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Book Review: A Deep Dive into the History of “The Academy and the Award”

October 7, 2022
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An author with a deep affinity for and knowledge of movies and how they’re honored tells us all about Oscar.

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