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Sexy Period's panty raid
Department of Defense
Stepping into Sexy Period's one-room office, I leave the imposing bricks of One Davol Square behind and enter a world of whimsy.
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NICOLE FRIEDMAN
| August 12, 2011
Review: Robin Hood (2010)
The more the merrier? Hardly.
“And so the legend begins . . . ”
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PETER KEOUGH
| May 14, 2010
Review: An Education
Carey Mulligan graduates with honors
Let’s get this right out of the way: Carey Mulligan is the real thing.
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BRETT MICHEL
| October 15, 2009
Lows, highs, and middles
A mixed bag at the RISD Museum
Yousuf Karsh is one of the giants of portrait photography.
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GREG COOK
| March 24, 2009
Exposures
Photos from Yousuf Karsh, William Christenberry, and the PRC
In "Karsh 100: A Biography in Images," which is now up at the Museum of Fine Arts, his iconic shots of Winston Churchill, George Bernard Shaw, and Ernest Hemingway are defining portraits of the men in all their crusty manliness.
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GREG COOK
| November 14, 2008
Photos: Exposures
A slideshow of photos from Yousuf Karsh, William Christenberry, and the PRC
A slideshow of photos from Yousuf Karsh, William Christenberry, and the PRC
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BOSTON PHOENIX WEB STAFF
| November 11, 2008
Class play
Monmouth gives Merchant new status
Interpreting Merchant is a perennial challenge.
By
MEGAN GRUMBLING
| July 30, 2008
Just another Night
The songs are the draw in Trinity’s Paris
Paris by Night , the musical play — as opposed to a straight musical, if you’ll pardon the expression — is a pleasant enough excursion.
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BILL RODRIGUEZ
| May 07, 2008
Streets where you live
A loverly My Fair Lady ; The Missionary Position at MRT
The 2001 National Theatre of Great Britain/Cameron Mackintosh production further sharpens the Shavian edge of this beloved musical.
By
CAROLYN CLAY
| February 12, 2008
Luverly enough
My Fair Lady at the Opera House
This new production is a little callow and a little obvious, and, especially in Matthew Bourne’s choreography, it seems to want a bigger stage than the Opera House affords.
By
JEFFREY GANTZ
| February 11, 2008
War and Peace
Seven hours is not enough
So, no, Bondarchuk’s War and Peace is not really Tolstoy’s. Then again, short of a 20-hour TV mini-series with Russian actors, you won’t see better.
By
JEFFREY GANTZ
| December 18, 2007
Wetherlaine’s
More than ESPN and burgers
It’s where Box Seats, the sports bar up in Woonsocket, used to be.
By
BILL RODRIGUEZ
| November 28, 2007
Used but not abused
Are you afflicted with mall madness? Escape the suburban mobs at these 11 incredible vintage stores
The Maginot Line of vintage clothing is most assuredly underwear.
By
SHARON STEEL
| November 20, 2007
Aesthetic genius
Why can’t more writers be smart enough to be beautiful, handsome, or at least cute
When I saw Marisha Pessl in the New York Times Style Section, meticulously posed on an antique chair wearing a pair of high heels and a coy smile, I cringed.
By
SHARON STEEL
| August 30, 2007
The Devil Wears Prada
Meryl Streep dominates
If Lauren Weisberger’s bestseller was a Starbucks espresso — overall bland, but hot and quick — then David Frankel’s adaptation is the decaf version. Watch the trailer for The Devil Wears Prada (QuickTime)
By
MATTIAS FREY
| February 20, 2007
El dopo?
But Alejandro Jodorowsky is still a lot of fun
Some who despise Salvador Dalí have found a distasteful double in cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky.
By
GERALD PEARY
| January 26, 2007
Stacked deck
The Royal Ballet’s Manon
Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon is Romeo and Juliet ’s ugly stepsister.
By
JEFFREY GANTZ
| June 21, 2006
Tinkling symbols
Ron Howard illustrates The Da Vinci Code
That Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has become a worldwide phenomenon attests to the worldwide yearning for a better truth than the one we have.
By
JEFFREY GANTZ
| May 19, 2006
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