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Film/Music Review: The Best Music Documentaries of 2020 — With Some Disppointments

December 29, 2020
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Some of the best music documentaries of 2020 – and some disappointments

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Theater Review: “The Tattooed Man Tells All” — Memories of a Survivor

November 22, 2020
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Peter Wortsman has made a valuable contribution with this play; it is a rare theatrical account about how living through the Holocaust shaped survivors.

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Arts Remembrance: Neil Peart — An Appreciation

January 11, 2020
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Neil Peart was a thinking man’s octopus behind a massive drum and percussion kit that he played with blazing speed and peerless precision.

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Dance Review/Commentary: “The Grand Union” — The Story of the Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance

October 20, 2020
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This fascinating book, and the rich literature of films and writings around it, have helped me feel a bit more positive about these shrunken times.

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Dance Review: Trajal Harrell — Seduction and Silk

September 24, 2018
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Now, we’re told, Trajal Harrell has been researching Butoh dance and hoochy coochy dance, hooking them up with the precursors of modern dance and slathering on generous amounts of gender theory.

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Film Review: “Marriage Story” — A Divorce From Hell

November 18, 2019
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What makes Marriage Story unbalanced and faintly dishonest is that we end up rooting for the clueless male egomaniac.

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Dance Review: “Giselle” Now — at the Boston Ballet

October 1, 2019
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The performance I saw on Friday night revealed Boston Ballet’s priorities: while the dancers possess a high degree of technical skills, they have a looser notion of nuanced acting.

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Opera Review: MassOpera’s “Die Fledermaus” — Modern Life, Lampooned

April 9, 2019
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MassOpera’s updated version of Die Fledermaus pulls off a major feat.

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Film Review: “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” — Unapologetic Romanticism

February 2, 2018
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The most compelling reason to see this film is Annette Bening’s performance as Gloria Grahame — it’s perfect.

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Music Interview: Vancouver’s Dan Bejar, Leader of the band Destroyer

January 22, 2018
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“There’s not too many people wanting their money back, thinking that they’re at a Pig Destroyer show or Destroyer 666.”

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