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Television Review: “The One” — I’m the One for You?

March 16, 2021
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Despite its intriguing sci-fi premise, The One is content to entertain so, though its plots meander, it’s a good watch for those aching for a bit of escapism and intrigue.

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Film Review: “Spinal Tap II” — Aging Rockers, Fading Laughs

September 11, 2025
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This is another visit to the world of Spinal Tap. I had some good laughs, and that might be enough.

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Watch Closely: New Year, New Format, New TV

January 17, 2023
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I’m going to try out a new format in 2023. Along with posting longer reviews of single series, I will also be experimenting with a new (weekly!) format where I include several features in one column.

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Rock Interview: Ian Anderson on “Jethro Tull: The Rock Opera”

October 30, 2015
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“This is JETHRO TULL!, expressed proudly in bold terms. And then ‘the rock opera,’ said in an embarrassed whisper.”

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Coming Attractions in Jazz: Midsummer Festival Update 2014

July 26, 2014
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Cambridge and Springfield have launched promising new festivals even as some others have dropped by the wayside. Meanwhile, festivals in Northampton, Cambridge (again), Lawrence, and Newton have announced their schedules..

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Jazz Review: Grace Under Pressure

January 23, 2011
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Saxophonist Grace Kelly has to decide what kind of artist she wants to be in her maturity, how long a run she’d like to have, how much she intends to contribute to the jazz tradition—and how she intends to accomplish these things. By Steve Elman. A moment of reckoning arrives in the career of every…

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Film Review: The Art of Being Frozen — Two Powerful Films from Roy Andersson

June 26, 2015
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The overriding theme in Roy Andersson’s films is the conflict between human frailty and our delusions of control.

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Opera Album Review: From Fascist Italy — With Love?

August 22, 2022
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An opera from Fascist Italy, Gino Marinuzzi’s Palla de’ Mozzi receives a splendid world-premiere recording. Should you listen despite its pedigree?

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Book Review and Appreciation: Murray Talks Music, and So Much More — the Legacy and Lessons of Albert Murray

May 2, 2016
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Murray Talks Music shows how brilliant Albert Murray could be even when he didn’t have time to polish his prose.

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Film Commentary: Time Traveling With and Without Woody Allen

June 26, 2011
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Time travel in movies, whether treated as farce or serious sci-fi mind-bending, sometimes excites us by challenging the idea that we’re trapped in a linear chronology from which we cannot escape, racking up regrets, mistakes, and old-age as we go

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