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Review: A Beautiful Life

Chance encounters
Talk about a literal movie title.

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | May 19, 2011

movie review of There Be Dragons in the Boston Phoenix

Overwrought Spanish Civil War epic
There be no dragons in this film. Still, that didn't stop me from wishing that a fire-breathing creature would drop in and lop off the heads of every actor in Roland Joffé's overwrought Spanish Civil War epic.

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | May 06, 2011

Kode9 and the Spaceape | Black Sun

Hyperdub (2011)
Kode9 is the most important electronic artist of the past five years.

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | May 06, 2011

Review: The Double Hour

Capotondi's debut
Giuseppe Capotondi's unrelenting Italian thriller opens with a suicide witnessed only by meager hotel maid Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport).

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | April 27, 2011

Review: Nine Nation Animation

Eclectic but masterful
The animated short is one of the most misunderstood genres in film.

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | April 13, 2011

2562 | Fever

When in Doubt (2011)
Dave Huismans must get easily bored with making music.

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | April 13, 2011

Burial | Street Halo and Ego/Mirror

Hyperdub (2011) & Text (2011)
Hyperdub (2011) & Text (2011)

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | April 06, 2011

Review: Happythankyoumoreplease

Trivial hipster quandaries
Sam Wexler (Josh Radnor, who also wrote and directed) is an asshole.

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | March 31, 2011

Southie takes Broadway

Good People , Great Gig
Good People , Great Gig

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | March 23, 2011

Cut Copy | Zonoscope

Modular (2011)
The most difficult thing about releasing a near-perfect album has to be the follow-up. People flipped when Cut Copy dropped 2008's In Ghost Colours , which saw the Aussie dance trio ramping up the formula of their debut LP with unrelenting momentum, strobe-light synths, and a shitload of robot voices.

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | February 17, 2011

Hercules and Love Affair | Blue Songs

Moshi Moshi Records (2011)
Remember when disco was cool again? The year was 2007, and indie kids took to the revival as a flamboyant soundtrack to their flamboyant dance nights.

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | February 09, 2011

James Blake | James Blake

PID (2011)
James Blake is a tough nut to crack. After a string of three 2010 EPs that primarily used chopped R&B samples and slo-mo piano dub to turn some serious heads, he opted to stretch his vocal cords and lead this release with a delicate cover of Feist's "Limit to Your Love."

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | February 01, 2011

Ghostface Killah | Apollo Kids

Def Jam (2010)
Back in October, Ghostface Killah released a statement proclaiming Apollo Kids to be a "warm-up to the big thing that's gonna happen next."

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | January 05, 2011

The worst and best of Boston sports in 2010

Jock strapped
The Patriots are 12-2, the Red Sox won Hot Stove season, the Bruins are skating off skeins of wins thanks in part to the pickup of an 18-year-old Wunderkind who may be the second coming of Jesus on ice skates, and the Celtics have twice dunked the Heat.

By: MICHAEL C. WALSH | December 22, 2010