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More homages to 1971’s magnificent bursts of cinematic iconoclasm.
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There are cringe-worthy moments as well as scenes of mesmerizing beauty in Disney’s live-action Pinocchio. But I’ll go against the critical grain and argue, for several small reasons, and for one big one, that it was necessary to make it.
Read MoreStefan Zweig’s was a dramatic, action-packed, intense epic of a life, but Oliver Matuschek’s biography, Three Lives, simply plods along.
Read More“To say that the occult ‘saved’ it is really to say that the spiritual agitation is at the heart of what was able to bring rock ‘n’ roll to its most interesting places.”
Read MoreArts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.
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“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” — Think “I, Claudius” with monkeys, by way of “Lord of the Rings” and “The Searchers.”
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A hatred of self and others sits, relatively neglected, at the center of Adam Rapp’s script.
Read MoreSaturday’s pairing demonstrated exactly the kind of risky programming the Boston Symphony Orchestra shouldn’t be afraid to explore, even when it doesn’t all quite come together.
Read MoreBecause of the national tension between the Tutsis and the Hutus, and its effects on everyday routines in the school, this novel cannot long remain a bemusing tale of adolescent life.
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Music Commentary: Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto — The Universal Concerto?
Sibelius’s Violin Concerto is almost something of a phenomenon now: in just eight months, I’ve heard it played by three different fiddlers — Baiba Skride, Lisa Batiashvili, and Inmo Yang.
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