A stylized, playful portrait of a striving single mom. And mops!
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With Joy, David O. Russell Hits Peak Whimsy
A Stylized, Playful Portrait of a Striving Single Mom. And Mops!
The History Boys
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The History Boys
What is going on at the Artists Repertory Theatre lately? The bar has been incrementally dropping all season (a recent, decent production of Streetcar notwithstanding), and their current limp production of The History Boys does nothing to counter the downward tendency. Alan Bennett’s multiple Tony Award-winning script focuses on a group of bright secondary students […]
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Dead British Society
Prep-School Pederasty in The History Boys
Don’t worry: The History Boys is not another in the seemingly endless succession of Inspirational Movies About the British. It’s true that the boys in the cast are pretty damn cute—which can be, uh, uplifting—but the film is too smart to be mistaken for inspirational. The History Boys follows eight teenagers who are studying to […]