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Book Review: “I Died a Million Times” — Upwardly Mobile in Film Noir

January 5, 2021
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I Died a Million Times is an enjoyable and informative read for film noir aficionados and casual movie fans alike, offering a cogent analysis of ’50s gangster noir as a cinema of social commentary.

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Theater Review: The Hard Heart of a Puppet

September 12, 2010
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It is with a strange malice/ that I distort the world. – Wallace Stevens, The Weeping Burgher Hard Headed Heart. Performed by Blair Thomas & Company. Sets, puppets, and scrolls by Blair Thomas. Translation of the Garcia Lorca play by Catherine Brown. St. James Infirmary puppets by Jess Mooney-Bullock. Curtains and costumes by Heidi Dakter…

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Film Review: “Living” — Ode to Joy

March 11, 2023
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Featuring a transcendent performance by Bill Nighy, Living inspires viewers to look inward, and then outward, gently begging us to muster whatever power we have to seize the day.

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Film Feature: “The Rabbi Goes West” — Not Your Typical Gefilte Fish Out of Water Story

November 3, 2019
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The turf war for the bodies and souls of Montana’s Jews makes for an engaging inter-tribal drama.

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Stage Interview: The Theater Offensive Brings Lenelle Moïse’s “Expatriate” to Boston

September 27, 2012
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“One of the enormous changes I’ve seen is that in big city theater scenes, queer work isn’t so scarce anymore, which is great. These days, no major theater company in a city like Boston would program its season without discussing what might be of interest to gay men.”

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April Short Fuses – Materia Critica

April 2, 2022
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Dance Review: “The Just and the Blind” — Shackled, Humiliated, Scared

April 3, 2022
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The Just and the Blind sends a needed and powerful message — it is 2022, we need to wake up!

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Jazz Festival Review: Memorable Moments From Newport, 2018

August 9, 2018
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One aspect of Newport I treasure is that it shows me, every time, how much I don’t know.

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Book Review: Nashville Songwriter Aimee Mayo is “Talking to the Sky”

February 3, 2021
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Nashville songwriter Aimee Mayo’s memoir offers an eye-opening perspective on the problematic treatment of women in the country music industry.

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Book Review: “Selected Letters of Norman Mailer” — Many More Pieces of His Mind

February 20, 2015
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It’s refreshing and more than a little nostalgic to experience the trials, triumphs, and tribulations of Mailer’s time through his own combative eyes..

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