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This “father and sons on the lam” film adeptly blends genres (in this case: sci-fi plus thriller). It is well assembled, emotionally compelling, and beautifully shot.
Read MoreBy Caldwell Titcomb Conductor Benjamin Zander celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Boston Philharmonic and his 70th birthday. The two greatest post-Brahms symphonists – Gustav Mahler and Jean Sibelius – were markedly unalike. In 1907 their paths happened to cross in Helsinki, and they had several conversations. When the talk turned to the essence of…
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Pauline Kael capitalized on counterculture snobbery, the pecking order of the oh-so enlightened.
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The rarely staged Oberon is easy to love and will fascinate admirers of early nineteenth-century music.
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Without “The Wizard of Oz,” it’s entirely possible that the David Lynch we know and love wouldn’t exist.
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The Card Counter collapses under the weight of director Paul Schrader’s guilt complex.
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It was a winding, ultimately exhilarating trip that spanned 51 songs, culminating on Sunday in a virtuosic clinic that sealed the quartet’s near-telepathic interplay across prog-leaning classics.
Read MoreI am one of the judges for the Best Translated Book Award (fiction division) sponsored by Three Percent. The five finalists will be announced in New York on February 16th. Three Percent honcho Chad Post needed help to meet his goal of posting a commentary on each of the 25 volumes on the BTB’s fiction…
Read MoreFrances Stark is making art about art about art..
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Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Who Cares?
The media tools now available have brought us closer than ever to getting the amusements we want as soon as we want them, which puts all forms of art music at a serious disadvantage.
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