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Watch Closely: “The Killing”/”Forbrydelsen”: Original Sin

August 28, 2021
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This is the Danish series that may well have inspired a juggernaut of provocative stories generated by life in these cold, civilized, but often dark Scandinavian lands.

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Fuse Film Review: “Me Before You” — More Than Your Standard Tearjerker

June 10, 2016
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Time after time, when the cheap and easy outcome is there for the plucking, Me Before You ditches the teary payoffs.

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Film Review: “Wildcat” — Flannery O’Connor’s Quest for Grace

May 23, 2024
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“Wildcat” is a biopic that sticks with you for days, bedeviled by questions and revelations.

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Television Review: “Fisherman’s Friends” — Corny, but Cornwall Shines

July 23, 2020
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What makes this somewhat derivative movie soar is its music.

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Classical Music Preview: Tanglewood 2019 Season Announcement

November 17, 2018
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Next summer promises to be a safe one, musically, at Tanglewood.

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Film Review: The Maine Jewish Film Festival — “BANG! The Bert Berns Story”

March 27, 2017
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A documentary about the most important songwriter and record producer from the sixties that you’ve never heard of.

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Television Review: “The Out-Laws” — Another Goofball Rolling By

July 9, 2023
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The Out-Laws is another mild diversion spat out of Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison factory.

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Film Review: “Sundown” — Meltdown in Mexico

February 4, 2022
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A relaxing family vacation story morphs into a quietly riveting character study.

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Film Review: “Three Identical Strangers” — at the IFFBoston

April 26, 2018
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What starts off as a rollicking entertainment ends with a flourish of profundity.

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Theater Review: Gloucester Stage Company’s “Sweet and Sad” — Subtle to a Fault

June 16, 2015
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Richard Nelson does not compel us to pay attention to his characters’ psychological disclosures, and his reluctance to underline is refreshing.

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