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Theater Review: At Israeli Stage—Alma Weich Places a “Price Tag” on Violence

December 2, 2015
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The timeliness of this staged reading made for one of the most heated and engaged talk-backs for any of the presentations in Israeli Stage’s six-year history.

April Short Fuses – Materia Critica

April 2, 2022
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

Book Review: “Outside Music, Inside Voices” — Illuminating Conversations about Creating Jazz

December 2, 2014
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Jazz fans with open ears should rush to this book: so should anyone interested in the creative process, its rewards as well as its challenges.

Arts Commentary: Can Criticism Be Too Positive Too Often?

June 9, 2011
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How much do you really know about a critic if all you have on record is what he or she likes and why? At some point staying mum about the negative looks less like tenderhearted support or good manners and more like cowardice or a lack of seriousness. By Bill Marx The news that veteran,…

Film Review: This Year’s Tribeca Film Festival Documentaries — From Leonardo da Vinci to Rick James

July 4, 2021
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The Tribeca Film Festival wrapped last week — here’s a selection of the most promising documentaries on view.

Theater Review: “Hand in Hand Together” — The Perils of Political Theater in Translation

September 15, 2012
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Many historical dramas are content to use the past as a lens through which to view the present, but “Hand in Hand Together” does more than explore how conflicting ideologies influenced the creation of modern Israel. Dramatist A. B. Yehoshua explores the other possible routes history may have taken.

Jazz Review: Either / Orchestra — (10 + X) 25 = E / O

September 16, 2010
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Reviewed by Steve Elman. The larger the band, the more important its leader. The sheer drudgery of keeping a large jazz ensemble functioning as a musical and business entity leads almost inevitably to a need for a guiding intelligence. Even if one person isn’t personally booking the gigs, making the phone calls, preparing the lead…

Food Feature: Savor the Season at a New Holiday Market in Boston

November 22, 2017
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A new pop-up holiday market at the Boston Public Market invites you to expand your local foodie horizons.

Film Review: Abel Ferrara’s Elusive “Padre Pio” — A Holy Man?

June 2, 2023
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Wildly imperfect but intriguingly ambiguous, the film’s flaws and contradictions are a virtue because its purported saintly hero is so hard to pin down.

Film Reviews: New York Film Festival — A Trio of Memorable Recent Restorations

October 4, 2024
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The New York Film Festival’s Revivals section offers a preview of valuable recent restorations. Even if these superb movies don’t all make it to American theaters, they’re likely to pop up on physical media or VOD.

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