When questions posed by the plot become too thorny, the ensemble stabs or punches someone or simply runs in circles to explode the tension.
The end is nigh for ‘The End is Nigh,’ a raucous and rollicking riot of a romp
Oscars 2026 results include a rare tie
The annual film awards were held last night in Hollywood. Did The Brattle have a premonition about a rare Oscars tie?
In Rebecca Kopycinski’s ‘Thotbot,’ obsolete tech rewinds into a dark future that predicts our present
The “ThotBot Implantation Center,” an immersive art installation and multimedia concert rounds out its latest run of sold-out shows at Bow Market.
A Fuzzstival reunion of sorts comes together to celebrate an LP release by Landowner
The icy claw of winter didn’t deter a near sellout crowd for Landowner, a postpunk band out of Western Massachusetts celebrating an LP release.
Between a Foot Locker and TJ Maxx, a mall hosts Michelangelo
The exhibit “Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel” displays 34 of 60-odd Vatican frescoes, life-sized reproductions visible “like no pope has ever seen them.”
Boston Bitdown music festival expands because its organizers never unplug
Boston Bitdown respawns March 5-8, expanding its fun to four days and welcoming more than 50 musicians and artists from Salem to Somerville.
Say She She’s disco revival is disconcerting only if you stop dancing long enough to think
Disco is back! The NYC-based outfit Say She She, fronted by three sashaying vocalists, made the argument Saturday at The Sinclair.
Who’s in the tour van to rep us at the New Colossus Festival
A handful of local musicians head to New York City for the seventh edition of the New Colossus Festival, running March 3-8.
Biribá Union mixes Bach with beatboxing and bass at a Club Passim tour launch
Biribá Union’s nimble parade of genre mashery delivered more rap to Passim’s folkhead patrons than they have probably listened to in the past year.
Arts Council changes are opaque despite campaign rhetoric, but rock renaissance seems real
Can we reflect for a moment on what a hackneyed PR maneuver it is to drop big news at 4:54 p.m. on a Friday before a long weekend?