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Film Review: “The World to Come” — A Haunting Female Frontier Romance

February 5, 2021
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The excitement of these films – perhaps the word frisson would not be amiss – is that these women are envisioned as explorers in the land of Eros, map-makers of new terrain, discovering and inventing love as they go.

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Film Review: A Rundown from the San Sebastian International Film Festival

October 2, 2019
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How is this festival kept off the map from my US colleagues?

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Theater Review: “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead” — Absurdist Death Pangs

October 2, 2019
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Much ado about nihilism.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “True Detective” — Mysteries of Mind and Soul

February 19, 2019
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This season of True Detective explores the figure of the cop as a permanently haunted man.

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Fuse Concert Review: A Match Made in Heaven — A Far Cry and Blue Heron

February 1, 2016
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I look forward to more collaborations between these two ensembles, who were born to make, as they say, really beautiful music together.

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Fuse Concert Review: Radius Ensemble’s Season Finale

May 9, 2016
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The Rasas are but the latest in a series of remarkable scores John Harbison has been turning out over his eighth decade.

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Fuse Concert Review: Commonwealth Lyric Theater’s “Mozart and Salieri”

June 13, 2014
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The Commonwealth Lyric Theater has again brought to the fore an underperformed, unfamiliar masterpiece well worth getting to know. Good for them and lucky for us.

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Film Review: “The Lunchbox” — One of the Year’s Best Films

May 12, 2014
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The Lunchbox is that rare film experience that stays with you, makes you think about its multi-layered, subtle performances and storyline, and forces you to see it again.

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Book Review: Transformation Amid an Egypt in Decay — “The House of Jasmine”

February 3, 2013
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Though written in 1984, The House of Jasmine’s description of widespread political corruption and social decay in the Sadat era is powerfully relevant to the uprisings of 2011 when Mubarak was ousted and that are still roiling Egypt today.

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Jazz Album Reviews: A Trio of Superior Recordings Featuring Master Guitarists

August 22, 2024
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Three guitarists — Bill Banfield, Ray Obiedo, and Lee Ritenour — release superb albums.

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