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I can say, without equivocation, that Helen Dunmore’s novel “The Greatcoat” is no “The Turn of the Screw.”
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Exuberant is the right word for A.B. Yehoshua’s new novel, not only because of the story’s pile up of characters and events, but also for its prose.
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Was John Singer Sargent just a talented flatterer of his wealthy patrons or was there more to him?
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In this book, Cedric G. Johnson perceptively sees that our current emphasis on identity politics is a troublesome diversion in which various groups treat improvements as a zero-sum game.
Read MoreBut there’s something else going on in “Mad Men,” all the more because it’s latent, unannounced, episode by episode. It’s this thing about art and advertising, and the difference, circa that era, if any.
Read MoreSome fiction can, literally, have the smell of too much research. And so, although I admire the ambition and scope of Audrey Schulman’s new novel, “Three Weeks in December,” I also feel that she made things harder for herself than she needed to.
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The Lyric Stage production of Anna Christie does right by Eugene O’Neill’s brilliance.
Read MoreBoth of these exhibitions challenge our very notions of time and identity and the social structures around us.
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A judicious mix of jazz classics, standards, and Corea compositions, Live is a blast.
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025