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It begins with a middle school teacher’s assignment to her class: “Imagine that your home is on fire. You’re allowed to save one thing.”It begins…
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Late-night hosts welcomed the news that vaccines would be available to all American adults two weeks ahead of schedule.Late-night hosts welcomed the news that vaccines…
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In showing several different sides of the filmmaker, some of them contradictory, Edward White’s “The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock” captures him in full.In showing…
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Stimulating and immersive — yet actor-free — this audio adaptation of the Saramago novel brings the terror of an epidemic into your ears.Stimulating and immersive…
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The feature-directing debut of the artist Grear Patterson paints a hazy picture of adolescence.The feature-directing debut of the artist Grear Patterson paints a hazy picture…
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Raoul Peck’s four-hour documentary for HBO is a dizzying retelling of the course of colonialism, slavery and genocide.Raoul Peck’s four-hour documentary for HBO is a…
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“A Beautiful Noise,” featuring songs from the hit-maker’s deep catalog, will play a monthlong run in Boston in 2022, with New York planned next.“A Beautiful…
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For “When We Fell,” a filmed dance, the choreographer took cues from a snowy bubble residency — and from Prince’s “Under the Cherry Moon.”For “When…
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