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Film Review: “Nightbitch”— Howling at the Patriarchy

December 28, 2024
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Perhaps director Marielle Heller decided that “Nightbitch”‘s unusual premise had to be balanced with a decorous storytelling trope.

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DocTalk: 10 Best Documentaries of 2024

December 27, 2024
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It seems every year the quality of feature films, especially those from mainstream studios, is getting worse, while that of documentaries is getting better.

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Film Reviews: At DOC NYC — Scenes of Crimes

December 26, 2024
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Interviews with a pillager – “Plunderer” examines Nazi art theft at DOC NYC; two other docs remember Artsakh, a country that is no more

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

December 26, 2024
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This week’s poem: Alex Carrigan’s “I Somehow Swallowed the Knife”

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Book Review: Lutz Seiler’s Vision of German Reunification, “Star 111” — Dropping Stars Thick as Stones

December 26, 2024
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Lutz Seiler’s novel is part of the post-reunification literature landscape, in this case a brilliant exploration of the personal and political viewed through the consciousness of a pensively bedeviled protagonist.

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Theater Feature: Favorite Boston-Area Stage Productions of 2024

December 25, 2024
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Our critics salute the year’s outstanding productions.

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Jazz Album Review: Caleb Wheeler Curtis — Music with Brawn, Energy, and an Undercurrent of Surrealistic Mischief

December 25, 2024
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The model here is clearly Ornette Coleman’s early quartets on Atlantic but, in the hands of these trios, it’s clear there’s much that’s still fresh left to explore in this 65-year-old style.

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Arts Feature: Recommended Books, 2024

December 24, 2024
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An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics.

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Book Review: “Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens” — Poems as Crime Scenes

December 23, 2024
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“Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens” is a power-packed guide to the way poems are made and understood, a useful addition to the bookshelf of anyone who reads the art for pleasure.

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Theater Review: This Year’s “Midwinter Revels” — A Mirror of the Times

December 23, 2024
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Once again, Revels has pulled together a varied and diverse cast of amateurs and professionals to amplify a valuable lesson: it’s important to stop and take stock of our lives during the longest night of the year and to have faith that a new year will bring renewal and growth.

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