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Theater Commentary: Theater in a Time of Emergency? — The Same Old Same Old

September 28, 2021
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Are Boston’s stage critics disengaged from reality? Or is it that they are afraid to speak up?

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Film Review: “The Guilty” — A Danish Thriller, Just as Relentless in English

September 28, 2021
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Director Anton Fuqua forgoes his usual action milieu with an unrelentingly tense, highly emotional English language remake of Den skyldige.

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Short Fuse Podcast #44: Bloodlines, Punk, and Other Delights

September 28, 2021
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Elizabeth Howard talks to Stephen Petronio, choreographer, dancer, and the artistic director of the Stephen Petronio Company, about what plans forward-thinking artists have for the future.

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Film Review: “Cry Macho” — Not So Mucho Macho

September 27, 2021
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Cry Macho is little more than nostalgia for the Old West of Hollywood.

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Classical Album Review: Cellist Maya Beiser plays Philip Glass

September 26, 2021
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Some tracks work better than others, but Maya Beiser’s larger effort succeeds in presenting Glass’s music in a more nuanced – and musically complex – light.

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Poetry Review: “Acrobat” — The Beautiful Bengali Poetry of Nabaneeta Dev Sen 

September 26, 2021
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Translator Nandana Dev Sen has opened a window for us to savor Bengali women’s poetry through these lovingly translated poems of her mother.

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Classical Album Review: Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason’s “Summertime” — A Keeper

September 25, 2021
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A thoughtfully conceived, technically excellent, beautifully recorded, and expressively rich album that celebrates 20th-century piano music by (mostly) American composers.

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Book Review: Critiquing White Supremacy — “Against White Feminism”

September 25, 2021
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Against White Feminism is an informative and thought-provoking read for all feminists.

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Film Reviews: Documentaries at the Toronto International Film Festival — Cops and Kenny G

September 25, 2021
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Docs at the Toronto International Film Festival ranged from the topical to the historical to the cultural. Here are a few that you should try to see.

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Jazz Album Review: “A Prayer for Lester Bowie” — Rollercoaster Rides

September 24, 2021
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This session should appeal most to those who love the crashing, intemperate sound of a brass big band.

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