Understandably, many young artists turn to their own training (or mis-training) as a subject. Contemporary art often takes itself as…
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O nce upon a time, readings were held in bookstores, not bars; dance and classical music were confined to concert…
The waiter bicycling home from a banquet, hit by a bratty rich kid’s SUV late in the slushy December night…
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Must the great man also be a nice guy? The movies give us conflicted signals these days, from The Imitation…
The group show Police at Work has suddenly become more topical than curator Paula Maratea—or the dozen affiliated gallery artists—could’ve…
Seen during SIFF last spring, this adaptation of Matt Smith’s 1997 stage monologue has three irresistible selling points if you’re…
Q In flashbacks and a few fantasy sequences Tint/[Black] 25%25ATint/[Black] 25%25 A cliche, once struck, can never be unrung. Expanding…
My preferred circulation path in a museum is counterclockwise, like running on a track. However, that may not be the…
I am sure, when Roberto Ando published his novel in 2012, that Italian critics cited Being There and Dave as…
If you’ve been living under a rock, or just returned from vacation in the Internet-free hermit kingdom of North Korea,…
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No musician wants to forget the words they’re singing onstage, and one of the dirty little secrets to the endless…
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The greedy guy on a life raft who eats all the chocolate bars is surely going to die. That’s just…
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Opens Fri., Dec. 19 at Majestic Bay and other theaters. Rated PG….
Foxcatcher Opens Fri., Dec. 19 at Sundance and Meridian. Rated R. 134 minutes. Repeat after me: “Ornithologist, philatelist, philanthropist.” Now…
Zero Motivation Opens Fri., Dec. 12 at Varsity. Not rated. 100 minutes. They don’t make movies like M*A*S*H anymore, at…
