Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

A great cover does more than reproduce the original. Ndegeocello’s bold reinterpretations make the case for reinvention over ...

"On Resistencia!" and "We Are Not the Headliner," two inspired ensembles explore the possibilities of rhythm, improvisation, and collective expression.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cooking show serves up MAHA talking points without the wit, warmth, or human connection that made ...

At the Boston Jewish Film Festival, three films follow women who persist in the face of prejudice, buried secrets, and unjust laws.

Grahame Lesh on growing up Dead, Bob Weir, Bravo’s “Real Housewives,” the birth of Terrapin Station, and why the Dead will ...

Note: Hey poets! We seek submissions of excellent poetry from across the length and breadth of contemporary poetics. See ...

The composer leads a virtuosic debut recording of his Jorie Graham–inspired oratorio, whose striking invention is sometimes ...

Léa Seydoux gives a powerful performance in Marie Kreutzer’s unsettling exploration of trust, betrayal, and the limits of ...

A “Song of the Pirates” and feather-light scherzo movements stand out in world-premiere recordings led by Howard Griffiths—a welcome rediscovery of a composer admired by Mendelssohn and Schumann.

From TikTok to the concert stage, the singer’s unaffected way with the Great American Songbook suggests a hopeful turn in an AI-drenched culture.

John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell skillfully ladle on the caustic comedy, but Martin McDonagh’s latest leaves the moral ...