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Film Review: “Wicked: For Good” — Good, But it Doesn’t Defy Gravity

November 25, 2025
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“Wicked: For Good” has its faults, but it still stands out as one of the stronger adaptations of a musical to film.

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November Short Fuses — Materia Critica

November 1, 2025
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Children’s Book Reviews: The Natural World and Beyond

October 30, 2025
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Three beautiful new picture books for kids about nature, color, and gardening will inspire, inform, and delight.

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Dance Preview: Seán Curran & Decent Dance — “Through Lines”

November 25, 2025
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“I love to dance. I love music. My life is in the flow” — Seán Curran

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Coming Attractions: October 26 Through November 10 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 26, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Film Review: “Jay Kelly”, When Hollywood Mocks Itself — and Misses

November 18, 2025
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 By Sarah Osman Jay Kelly is a shallow attack on shallowness. Jay Kelly, directed by Noah Baumbach. Screening at Coolidge Corner Theater, AMC Theaters, Landmark Kendall Square Cinema. Who are you when you’re always playing other people? And what happens when, even as “yourself,” you feel you are still playing a character? That is the…

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Concert Review: “Inspiración” – The BSO Celebrates Puerto Rico with the Orquesta Sinfónico de Puerto Rico, and Re-celebrates James Carter with Dima Slobodeniouk

November 18, 2025
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Concerts in the past week by the Boston Symphony Orchestra with guest artist James Carter and the Orquesta Sinfónico de Puerto Rico with guest artist Luis Sanz were a cultural festival and a musical feast.

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Arts Remembrance: Jack DeJohnette — As Much a Colorist as a Drummer

October 29, 2025
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Jack DeJohnette – who died this week at age 83 of congestive heart failure – lorded over his entire kit with loose but incisive strokes to tightly tuned drum heads and cymbals.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Sounding Freedom — Two Journeys Through the Avant-Garde and History

November 16, 2025
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Two jazz albums whose uncompromising visions succeed.

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Visual Arts Review: Honoring Martin Puryear at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

November 10, 2025
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I found it remarkable to explore the exhibition, then experience a kind of filmic audience with the artist, then return, fired up and enlightened, to the beautiful installation.

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