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Film Review: “Jurassic World: Dominion” — Dino Dumb and Dumber

June 9, 2022
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Jurassic World: Dominion feels like Universal pureed every spec script for a Jurassic Park sequel ever sent to it by first-year film students. It’s narrative slurry. Like the pink slime used as filler in cheap burgers.

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Television Review: “Trans in Trumpland” – Does it Get Better?

March 8, 2021
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If I’m being too harsh on Trans in Trumpland it’s because we cannot afford to fall back into the liberal complacency of the Obama years.

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Opera Review: Galuppi’s “L’amante di tutte” — A Total Hoot!

November 26, 2020
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A delightful and compact opera — from a generation before Mozart — that cuts various social types down to size.

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Visual Arts Review: London’s Design Museum — An Inspiring Experience

January 19, 2017
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London’s Design Museum is now one of the major venues in the world for experiencing the art of design.

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Film Review: “20th Century Women” — The Ties That Bind

January 11, 2017
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Search for who you are and stick to it, Mike Mills advises in his films, though it may not always be easy.

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Classical Music Review: A Bleak “Black Monk” at Tanglewood

July 25, 2017
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It is my sad duty to report that an evening which looked so promising was hardly a worthy homage to an important musical figure of the 20th century.

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Jazz Review: British Saxophonist Evan Parker Brings his Brand of Innovation to Boston

September 19, 2014
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Free and fluid as it was, the set made memorable sense to the packed crowd at the Lily Pad.

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Visual Arts Review: A Tribute to a Lost World of Joy and Fury — “Loisada: New York’s Lower East Side in the ’80s”

May 21, 2014
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For once, in Ronald Reagan’s America, youthful talent and energy seemed able to trump everything else.

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Movie Review: Of Vice and Men — “A Dangerous Method”

January 4, 2012
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“A Dangerous Method” fits neatly into director David Cronenberg’s body of work, which is often obsessed with a body-mind connection.

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Arts Commentary: “The New York Times” — Shouldn’t It Know the Purpose of Arts Criticism?

July 17, 2012
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Based on Public Editor Arthur S. Brisbane’s recent New York Times column on arts criticism, he and others at the newspaper haven’t much of a clue regarding what a serious arts review is supposed to be.

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