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Film Interview: Talking to Zach Baliva, Director of “Potentially Dangerous”

March 20, 2023
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Potentially Dangerous is a documentary about an era during World War II when Italians living in the United States were persecuted and, in some cases interned, as “enemy aliens” because the US was at war with Italy.

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TV Review: “Mad Men” Finale — Read the Art?

May 19, 2015
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My conclusion is that Mad Men is abstract, like some of the art in the series.

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WATCH CLOSELY: A Holland of the Mind — “Ares” is a Cultic Thriller

March 23, 2020
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Netflix’s Ares is a glossy sociopolitical/supernatural thriller from the Netherlands.

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Film Review: ‘Taste of Iceland’ Film Festival — A Delicious Smorgasbord

March 18, 2015
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If these efforts are representative of Icelandic cinema, it is time for movie lovers to start paying much closer attention.

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Coming Attractions in Film: August 2012

July 27, 2012
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If your streaming device is re-buffering, or you are tired of watching “Lawrence of Arabia” on your computer, August is a great month to get to a theater. There are some new releases worth seeing, but Boston and vicinity offers some unique opportunities to take in some terrific revivals.

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Concert Review: Herbie Hancock at the Boch Center Wang Theatre

October 30, 2025
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 At 85, Herbie Hancock can still funk it up.

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Film Review: “All of Us Strangers” — It’s a Lonely, Lonely, Lonely, Lonely World

January 1, 2024
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No spoilers here about what lies beneath the film’s dreamy layers of story, but some viewers will find the narrative pulling them helplessly forward, sucked into a maelstrom of pain and trauma and love and regret and memory.

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Coming Attractions: Popular Music in July 2010

July 1, 2010
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July Music/Musica en Julio/Musica em Julho By Thomas Samph With the temperatures peaking into the 90s in New England, here is some pop music that’s meant to be enjoyed in the heat. These acts (with the exception of one) all have their roots in warmer places: Latin music infused with funk and jazz, Spanish electronic…

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Theater Review: “Caroline, or Change” — In Purgatory, All Souls Are Tested

May 4, 2019
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This evening is a revelatory experience on race relations, with grief, rage, and the whole business of hope and change.

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Theater Review: At Shakespeare & Company — Tina Packer’s Masterful “Merchant of Venice”

July 28, 2016
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Shakespeare & Company’s staging of Merchant of Venice is the strongest this critic has ever seen or could hope to.

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