Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder is more mystifying than mind-blowing.
Movie Reviews & Stories
Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life overflowed with
voice-over narration. His new film is practically an audiobook.
Actually, “audiobook” is misleading: That would suggest To the Wonder’s
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Performance
Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park—the
first work to win the triple crown of the Pulitzer, Tony and Britain’s
Olivier—is one of the most produced plays among regional companies. I
haven’t se
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Performance
Since her first play stunned New York audiences four years
ago, Annie Baker, 31, has gone from obscurity to acclaim. In that time,
critics have scraped away at her plays, trying to unearth what ma
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Danny Boyle’s Trance is a head trip that spins in on itself.
Movie Reviews & Stories
As best I can tell, Trance is the first
film—outside porn, maybe—to have a plot that hinges on a woman’s pubic
hair. Though the Goya painting that goes missing in the art-heist
thriller is
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Performance
In the program notes for The Possessions of La Boîte,
director Charmian Creagle says the show “is an homage to an art
form—the letter—and the power it possesses.” It’s an assertion that
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Everything you need to know before your first bikepacking trip.
Culture
Rochelle Comeaux and Don Eaton remember their first
overnighter as cyclists. It was the first day of their 70-day
cross-country trip along the TransAmerica Trail, which winds 4,233 miles
from As
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Culture
Portland cyclists are not content to
limit their demonstrations of affection to soggy winter commuting,
bombing downhill from the zoo and quaffing too much beer at Apex.
Portlanders who worship
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Two years on two wheels: radical homesteading and roadkill suppers.
Movie Reviews & Stories
A couple years ago, Noah Hussin didn’t eat roadkill. Now
it makes his mouth water. In November 2010, Hussin and his brother Tim
set out, on bicycles, to document communities of radical homestead
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Performance
Before Arabian Nights begins, Post Five’s
performers move about the theater. Clad in harem pants and embroidered
vests, they squeeze into black vinyl pews, wrapping an arm around an
audience m
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Movie Reviews & Stories
In one of the funnier moments in Admission, several
Princeton admissions officers make notes on a giant chart. On one side
are fawning remarks they’ve received from parents whose offspring have
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