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Opera Preview: Boston Lyric Opera Revamps Philip Glass’s “Fall of the House of Usher” for Today

January 16, 2021
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How do you make filmed opera relevant in the Age of COVID? The BLO isolated the performers from one another and made E.A. Poe’s story the dream of an immigrant child in detention on the US/Mexico border.

Book Review: “World of Wonders” — A Natural Counter to the Chaos of Our Political Moment

January 15, 2021
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These essays aren’t overly scientific; instead, they remind us, with a gentle nudge, to take delight in nature, to pay attention to it, to be observant.

Film Review: “Pieces of a Woman” — “They give birth astride of a grave…”

January 15, 2021
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Pieces of a Woman is an affecting film about the depths of mourning highlighted by Vanessa Kirby’s gut-wrenching lead performance.

Film Review: “Herself” — “Safe as Houses”

January 14, 2021
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While the film is determinedly called “Herself “(“you got this, girl…”), the subtitle could equally have been “It Takes a Village…”

Film Review: Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place, Impeachment Edition — Stir-Crazy 14

January 14, 2021
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Celebrate impeachment in your home with this critic’s fourteenth list of movies guaranteed to entertain.

Commentary/Interview: Boston Globe Union Negotiations — Two Years On, More Anger and Resistance

January 14, 2021
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Those who value serious journalism (as well as the rights of journalists) should be quite worried about just how lethally Boston Globe management is attempting to undercut the newspaper’s union.

Classical Album Review: John Adams Orchestral Works

January 13, 2021
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My Father Knew Charles Ives and Harmonielehre make an excellent pairing on the Nashville Symphony Orchestra’s new, all-Adams album led by music director Giancarlo Guerrero.

Theater Review: “Days to Come” – Wanting to Say Too Much

January 13, 2021
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Mint Theater Company’s choice to revive Days to Come is more intriguing than Lillian Hellman’s muddled play.

Television Review: “Surviving Death” — Probing Death and the Great Beyond

January 11, 2021
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Surviving Death’s balance between personal experiences and scientific theories makes the series unexpectedly provocative.

Television Review: BBC’s “The Repair Shop” — Fiercely Amiable

January 11, 2021
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BBC’s The Repair Shop is about hard work and mending battered psyches.

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