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Film Commentary: You Know It When You See It — Desire and “Blue is the Warmest Color”

December 22, 2013
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Without its many steamy lesbian sex interludes tarting up what could otherwise be classified as a routine narrative, would “Blue is the Warmest Color” have garnered so many rave reviews and prizes?

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Theater Review: “The Golden Dragon” — A Satire With Bite about International Cuisine

December 22, 2013
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In his satire “The Golden Dragon,” Roland Schimmelpfennig holds his funhouse mirror up to “theater-people”: be they artists, audience, teachers, or students.

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Film Review: Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project — The Art of Restoration, Around the Globe

December 21, 2013
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Director Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project is committed to doing the indispensable work needed to save examples of damaged but worthy landmarks of cinema.

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Classical CD Reviews: A BMOP/Sound Round-up — Andy Vores, Arthur Berger, and Matthew Rosenblum

December 21, 2013
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The Boston Modern Orchestra Project is in the habit of making convincing arguments for just about everything it plays and its performers do so again in these three CD releases featuring music by composers with a New England connection.

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Film Review: A Gleefully Subversive “American Hustle”

December 20, 2013
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“American Hustle” has its flaws, major and minor, but it’s very entertaining and contains some great performances, especially by the female cast members.

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FIlm Review: “Inside Llewyn Davis” — Opaque to a Fault

December 20, 2013
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“Inside Llewyn Davis” is a watchable if not particularily compelling tale of the never-ending woes of the protagonist, a walking basket case of self-destruction.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week (AND Next Week)

December 20, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, dance, and film that’s coming up this week and next.

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Film Review: Essential Francois Truffaut — “The Green Room” and “The Man Who Loved Women”

December 20, 2013
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The Museum of Fine Arts’ retrospective of the films of Francois Truffaut offers an opportunity to see some rarely screened late works by this master of 20th-century cinema.

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Theater Review: Shakespeare’s “Henry VIII” — History as Smoke, Mirrors, and Spectacle

December 19, 2013
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Given how rarely “Henry VIII” is staged, any Shakespeare enthusiast worth his or her salt should definitely take in this uneven production.

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Book Review: Martin Cruz Smith’s “Tatiana” — More than a Thriller?

December 19, 2013
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After 2010’s too spare “Three Stations,” fans old and new will find Martin Cruz Smith back in full form with “Tatiana,” creating a taut, subtle, often darkly funny and even moving tale.

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