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Poetry Review: John Koethe’s “Beyond Belief” – Disembodied Mind

August 22, 2022
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Poet John Koethe moralizes in an abstract “universal” space — some might call it versifying in a vacuum.

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Film Review: An Obscure But Fascinating Documentary on the Life of Edith Wharton

June 3, 2014
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Artist/scholar Elizabeth Lennard has managed to evoke the breadth of Edith Wharton’s life and work in a relatively short and vivid film.

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Movie Commentary: Handicapping the Oscars

January 17, 2014
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The nominees for Best Picture are a deserving lot, except for “The Wolf of Wall Street,” which is a bloated mess of a movie that is an hour too long .

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Coming Attractions in Film: December 2009

December 2, 2009
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By Justin Marble Various Films at Stuart Street Playhouse This isn’t so much a ringing endorsement of the current offerings, the biopic Coco Before Chanel or the British comedy Pirate Radio, as much as it is a plug for the brand-new Stuart Street Playhouse. Located in the heart of the city, the fantastic new venue…

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Opera Review: ‘Carmen’

November 14, 2009
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By Caldwell Titcomb The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is currently offering Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” his last completed and finest opera, which had its delayed and unsuccessful premiere in 1875. According to Opera America, “Carmen” ranks No. 4 in the list of most performed works from the 1880s to 2005, surpassed only by Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”…

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Jazz Album Review: “El Arte del Bolero” — Passionate Homage to the Era of the Bolero

January 5, 2021
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So Miguel Zenón, who on saxophone has the facility of a bebopper, which he uses discreetly, is here a singer as well as an instrumentalist.

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Theater Review: “On Beckett / In Screen” — Bill Irwin Honors Samuel Beckett

November 19, 2020
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Bill Irwin’s homage to Samuel Beckett explores what makes the writer so fascinating, even inspiring, for those who appreciate the knockabout beauty of his despair.

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Television Review: “Little Fires Everywhere” — Suburbia Ablaze

March 22, 2020
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Little Fires Everywhere borders on being binge worthy; it’s a shame Hulu didn’t release all the episodes of the series at once.

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Arts Remembrance: An Appreciation of Little Richard

May 9, 2020
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Awopbopaloobop alopbamboom.

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Film Review: “The King’s Choice” — Norway’s Stand Against Hitler

October 22, 2017
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The King’s Choice is a thoughtful nail-biter, a suspenseful historical drama.

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