Search Results: homes

Film Review: “The Green Knight” – Of Vanity, and Verdigris

August 9, 2021
Posted in , ,

Filmmaker David Lowery plumbs the depths of this ancient tale, discovering the places where the human and the otherworldly intersect, where the earthbound meets the ethereal.

Visual Arts Review: “Matisse: The Red Studio” – A Lesson in Objects

May 9, 2022
Posted in , ,

Making the viewer draw visual connections among Matisse’s pieces in the title painting is at the core of MoMA’s The Red Studio.

Fuse Classical Music Preview: Worcester Chamber Music Society’s 2014-15 Season — Creative, Occasionally Offbeat

September 8, 2014
Posted in , , ,

Worcester Chamber Music Society is a top-notch chamber ensemble based in central Massachusetts, a region not exactly overflowing with resident, headline-grabbing professional classical music groups.

Film Review: Claire Denis’s “Stars At Noon” — A Romance Novel Elevated by Auteurist Flourishes

October 2, 2022
Posted in , ,

The action, as it were, is mostly the exhaustively filmed grappling of two beautiful people in no-star motels.

Rock Album Review: Goose’s “Shenanigans Nite Club” — Likeable and Durable

June 9, 2021
Posted in , , ,

The group’s exuberance makes it easy to like, an enthusiasm that is compounded by the quality of its live shows and its recordings.

Theater Review: Actors’ Shakespeare Project Mounts a Memorable “Cherry Orchard”

February 16, 2014
Posted in , ,

Director Melia Bensussen handles the dialogue skillfully, but she also has an eye for creating vivid stage pictures which reinforce Chekhov’s dramatic themes.

Theater Review: Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s “Doctor Who” and “Alpha 66”

September 12, 2016
Posted in , ,

Cyndi Freeman and Brad Lawrence are accomplishing their mission: to bring the lowbrow entertainment of yesterday to the highbrow viewers of today.

Film Review: “Claire’s Camera” — An Engaging Escapade from a Major Director

April 13, 2018
Posted in , ,

Claire’s Camera is enjoyable and charming, but it’s definitely minor Hong, made on a lark at Cannes.

Theater Review: “Miss You Like Hell” — A Lukewarm Road Trip

January 16, 2019
Posted in , ,

This is yet another sentimental exercise in the mechanics of mother/daughter rapprochement

Short Fuse Review/Interview: Trotsky’s Revolutionary Life

October 2, 2011
Posted in ,

Joshua Rubenstein’s succinct account of Leon Trotsky’s life rescues the Russian radical from a remoteness, positioning him at a useful distance for contemporary readers

Recent Posts

Popular Posts

Categories

Archives