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Film Review: At the MFA’s French Film Festival — A Vivacious “Chic!”

July 22, 2015
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Mechanical as Chic!’s story is, it is rare to have this kind of French fluff put across with so much charm and vivacity.

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Theater Views: Farewell, Laurence of Shaviana

March 8, 2008
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By Bill Marx For any self-respecting Shavian, the major attraction of Canada’s Shaw Festival is the chance to see first-rate productions of plays by GBS and his contemporaries, especially the opportunity to take in ace stagings of scripts that fall outside of the greatest hits list. But during the `80s a close second was the…

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Poster-Boomer for a Generation

February 19, 2007
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From gophers, “Ghostbusters” and groundhogs to “Broken Flowers” and beyond, Murray evolves into something much more meaningful.

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Film Review: “Black Bag” — High Fidelity

March 17, 2025
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Two cheers for monogamy in Steven Soderbergh’s “Black Bag”

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Classical Music Concert: Beatrice Rana — A Beguiling Pianist

April 17, 2023
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Pianist Beatrice Rana has a particular talent for building a line in ways that are both exactingly dynamic and robustly emotional.

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Film Review: “The Beanie Bubble” — Much Ado About a Sack of Beans

July 24, 2023
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>Like many fads from the ’90s and early aughts, beanie babies are now getting the Hollywood treatment.

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Classical Album Review: Pianist Keith Jarrett and the Music of C.P. E. Bach — A Nice Fit

July 3, 2023
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Keith Jarrett has said that he thinks there is room for C.P.E. Bach recordings on a modern piano. He proves himself right with these 1994 recordings.

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Rock Remembrance: Tom Verlaine

January 31, 2023
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Tom Verlaine will be most remembered for Marquee Moon, both the album and title track, which alone would be enough to seal any legacy.

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Visual Arts Review: “The Treasure House of Memories” — Dreaming of New Pasts

September 22, 2021
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At the ICA, artist Raúl de Nieves’s work is playful, joyful, and up for interpretation.

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Classical Album Review: Andris Nelsons Conducts Shostakovich

September 2, 2021
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Interpretively, this installment in the BSO’s cycle of Dmitri Shostakovich’s fifteen symphonies is occasionally (and a bit surprisingly) spotty.

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