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Review: With ‘Jagged Little Pill,’ They Finally Fixed the Jukebox

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|Date: December 06, 2019
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Review: With ‘Jagged Little Pill,’ They Finally Fixed the Jukebox

The problem with most jukebox musicals isn’t the juke, it’s the box. The tunes are fine, but they rarely ...

The problem with most jukebox musicals isn’t the juke, it’s the box. The tunes are fine, but they rarely match the container that someone is trying to jam them into. How could they? Commercial pop and ...

December 06, 2019
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‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Review: A Brush With Passion

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|Date: December 05, 2019
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‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Review: A Brush With Passion

Apart from brief sequences at the beginning and end that frame the main narrative — most of what we see i ...

Apart from brief sequences at the beginning and end that frame the main narrative — most of what we see is, in effect, a flashback from Marianne’s point of view — the film never leaves the house and i ...

December 05, 2019
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Review: An Eerie Shift Translates ‘Der Freischütz’ to Texas

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Review: An Eerie Shift Translates ‘Der Freischütz’ to Texas

Before the start of Heartbeat Opera’s production of Weber’s “Der Freischütz,” which opened on Wednesday a ...

Before the start of Heartbeat Opera’s production of Weber’s “Der Freischütz,” which opened on Wednesday at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in Manhattan, Louisa Proske, who conceived and co-directed ...

December 05, 2019
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‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Review: New Vision, Old Blind Spots

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‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Review: New Vision, Old Blind Spots

Back when the lesbians of “The L Word” first roamed Los Angeles, they had to travel to Canada to wed — or ...

Back when the lesbians of “The L Word” first roamed Los Angeles, they had to travel to Canada to wed — or to be dumped at the altar, as it happened.Now that the show is back, 10 years after its origin ...

December 05, 2019
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‘The Disappearance of My Mother’ Review: Son’s View of a Model Parent

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‘The Disappearance of My Mother’ Review: Son’s View of a Model Parent

“I hate memory,” says Benedetta Barzini near the end of “The Disappearance of My Mother.” In spite of thi ...

“I hate memory,” says Benedetta Barzini near the end of “The Disappearance of My Mother.” In spite of this aversion to nostalgia, the film’s director, Beniamino Barrese, who happens to be Barzini’s so ...

December 05, 2019
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‘The Aeronauts’ Review: High Anxiety

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‘The Aeronauts’ Review: High Anxiety

To call “The Aeronauts” uplifting would be an understatement for a movie that shoots us into the sky in a ...

To call “The Aeronauts” uplifting would be an understatement for a movie that shoots us into the sky in a gas-filled balloon with little preamble and a breathtaking array of special effects. Gorgeous ...

December 05, 2019
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‘In Fabric’ Review: The Dress Is Possessed. But It Was on Sale.

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‘In Fabric’ Review: The Dress Is Possessed. But It Was on Sale.

The horror films directed by Mario Bava and Dario Argento in the 1960s and ’70s deliberately put coherent ...

The horror films directed by Mario Bava and Dario Argento in the 1960s and ’70s deliberately put coherent story lines on the back burner, the better to concentrate on shocking scares and uncomfortable ...

December 05, 2019
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‘A German Youth’ Review: Lights, Camera, Guerrilla Tactics?

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‘A German Youth’ Review: Lights, Camera, Guerrilla Tactics?

Before there were bombs, there were cameras. That is roughly the thesis of “A German Youth,” which traces ...

Before there were bombs, there were cameras. That is roughly the thesis of “A German Youth,” which traces the origins of the Red Army Faction, the far-left West German guerrilla group that began unlea ...

December 05, 2019
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‘Little Joe’ Review: This Flower Can Dispense Joy, but It Has Demands

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‘Little Joe’ Review: This Flower Can Dispense Joy, but It Has Demands

In a spotless laboratory-cum-greenhouse, dozens of blazing red plants thrive under the attentive eyes of ...

In a spotless laboratory-cum-greenhouse, dozens of blazing red plants thrive under the attentive eyes of a few folks in pale blue coats. The plants are flowers, but they don’t have petals; from their ...

December 05, 2019
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‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ Review: Even an Imaginary Friend Can Hurt You

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‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ Review: Even an Imaginary Friend Can Hurt You

If the thriller “Daniel Isn’t Real” were a recipe, it would call for unappealing ingredients — psychiatri ...

If the thriller “Daniel Isn’t Real” were a recipe, it would call for unappealing ingredients — psychiatric stereotypes, jumpy editing, a mopey protagonist — simmered together until they crackle, pop a ...

December 05, 2019
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