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Theater Review: “Summer, 1976” Revisits Simpler Times—A Poignant Portrait of Friendship and Change

November 18, 2025
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“Summer, 1976” is a cleverly designed snapshot of a deep but fleeting friendship.

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December Short Fuses — Materia Critica

December 1, 2025
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Film Review: “Spencer” — Royal Damsel in Distress

November 4, 2021
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This portrait of Princess Diana interweaves facts with fantasies to create an impressionistic profile of a troubled woman trapped in a golden cage.

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Coming Attractions: October 26 Through November 10 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 26, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Film Reviews: Sundance 2022 — Dispatch #1, People Are Horrible and Amazing

January 22, 2022
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The first three films I saw at the Sundance Film Festival were very high-profile premieres.

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Book Review: Barrymore Shadows — “Too Fast, Too Short” Does Justice to the Life of a Nepo Orphan

September 30, 2025
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Jennifer Ann Redmond’s sympathetic approach to Diana Barrymore’s disastrous life is valuable because it rejects the poor-little-rich-girl tropes. She was more than a debauched debutante or fallen starlet.

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Music Feature: Best Classical Performances of 2015

December 17, 2015
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Of course, it’s a tricky business to summarize a classical music scene as busy and wide as Boston’s.

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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2022

December 16, 2022
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Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year. And there is plenty of disagreement.

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Coming Attractions: Jazz Week 2012 Update

May 2, 2012
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Swarms in the train station! Improv in the library! Video game hits and poetry! Must be Jazz Week–and there’s plenty more, including a major CD release by Argentinian bassist Fernando Huergo paying tribute to the land of the Albiceleste.

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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2021

December 23, 2021
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Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year.

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