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Book Review: “We Had it Coming and Other Fictions” — Bursts of Existential Powerlessness

November 19, 2025
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Luke O’Neil doesn’t have any solutions to our political dissipation, but he certainly knows how to diagnose its illnesses.

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Concert Review: Boston Baroque and Making Handel’s “Messiah” Fresh

December 14, 2025
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Boston Baroque served up a lithe and vital performance of the Messiah that felt rich, personal, and gloriously lived in.

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Television Review: “The Seduction” — HBO’s French Aristocrats Behave Badly, But Beautifully

November 21, 2025
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“The Seduction” is visually stunning but, even though it is the magnificently clothed French aristocracy, it all comes down to unremarkable people behaving badly.

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Arts Feature: Top Classical Recordings and Concerts of 2025

December 14, 2025
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Our classical music critics supply their favorites, albums and concerts, from over the past year.

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Concert Review: The Dream Syndicate — Doing Impressive Justice to Its Past

December 13, 2025
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Wednesday’s show proved that The Dream Syndicate more than honors both its past and present with passion and precision.

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Film Review: James L. Brooks’s “Ella McCay” — A Clumsy Misstep for a Master of Ensemble Comedy

December 11, 2025
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The film skims across topical issues aimlessly; it strives for relevance but never achieves it.

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Book Review: Jan Kerouac’s “Baby Driver” — Storming Down the Road

November 22, 2025
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“Baby Driver” is a book in the tradition of American road literature, but it moves at a distinctly different pace.

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Classical Album Review: Fernande Decruck, Concertante Works, Vol. 2

December 11, 2025
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Though none of the works exhibit the stylistic flashiness of Fernande Decruck’s better-known contemporaries, they all suggest a musician of singular—and sometimes idiosyncratic—vision.

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Video Game Review: “The Séance of Blake Manor” — As Creepy as it is Cozy

December 9, 2025
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What really sets “The Séance of Blake Manor” apart from other games in the genre is its meticulous world building and research.

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Visual Arts Review: The Spirit and the Street — Allan Rohan Crite’s Portrait of Community

November 16, 2025
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As an artist, Allan Crite was always observing, drawing, and thinking about his Boston—the buildings, streets, parks, and playgrounds of Lower Roxbury and the South End.

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