Sunday, March 15, 2015
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:27AMSaturday, March 14, 2015
In 1939, Clifford Odets wrote that 'we are living at a time when new art works should shoot bullets." Fat chance of any shots coming from our voluntarily disarmed theaters.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:00PMThe Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is the video game version of Groundhog’s Day -- you’re Bill Murray, and it’s brilliant.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:43PMA graphic novel about the death of art and the art of death
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:26AMFriday, March 13, 2015
For the diehards who crowded the Sinclair, the Church aren’t about hit singles and nostalgia; they’re about double-guitar dreamscapes and psychedelic visions.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:48PMThursday, March 12, 2015
We learn, over and over, that the author of the song “Vicious” dispensed his legendary acts of cruelty with sadistic aplomb.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:21AMWednesday, March 11, 2015
Written and directed by feature film newcomer Matais Lucchesi, Natural Sciences is a cautionary tale: be careful what you wish for.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:21PMIn Available Light , Lucinda Childs’ dancers execute a series of movement phrases which to a viewer may seem simple, but in fact require intense focus and control on the dancers’ part.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:01PMTuesday, March 10, 2015
Director Cristián Jiménez treats the melodramatic proceedings with an ironic sense of humor that manages to keep the maudlin at bay.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:49PMAnyone interested in understanding Europe in the 20th century, or in the fascinating metropolis that is Berlin, or in a riveting depiction of down-and-out youth who refuse to surrender to th…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:50AMSunday, March 8, 2015
Over a 90-minute set Mike & the Mechanics touched a number of bases, all of them comfortable and familiar: Rousing AOR rock, soft rock ballads, retro-soul, and just a slight touch of G…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:48PMSince joining the Dance Complex as executive director nearly two years ago, Peter DiMuro has been committed to widening the niche-bound notion of dance.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:36PMSaturday, March 7, 2015
In this powerful film, writer-director Fellipe Barbosa asks a number of pointed political and social questions about traumatic transitions.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:23PMOk, this isn't the Gang of Four of yore -- but There’s still something to be said for getting drunk on cheap wine.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:16PMThe enduring curse of the past is not a new subject; it is Obra's compelling visuals that make it special.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:02AMFriday, March 6, 2015
Glow is a witty, accessible, but at times overly ambitious journey through the world of exotic drugs, the chemistry of romance, and the insidious effects of globalization.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:54AMThursday, March 5, 2015
In some essential and large way, novelist Colm Tóibin gets Elizabeth Bishop right.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:47AMWednesday, March 4, 2015
Minimalism doesn't make narrative or emotional demands. It shows you a surface, and if there's anything below the surface, you draw your own conclusions.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:46AMSaturday, February 28, 2015
Madigan’s scholarly but always compelling exposition of the evolution of the church will spark introspection among practicing Christians.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:48PMWhat I didn't see opening night was passion. The characters, all living on the edge of respectability, are comfortable in their own world, but as individuals most of them don't assert themse…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:26PMThursday, February 26, 2015
The fascinating exhibition Artist Textiles: Picasso to Warhol traces the history of 20th century art in textiles.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:50AMWednesday, February 25, 2015
Once you have wrestled with Paul Celan's poetry, you may find yourself with a changed and sharpened sensibility to image and language.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:03PMTuesday, February 24, 2015
Curtains? is not entirely satisfying, but I’ll give Michael M. Kaiser points for honesty, clarity, and for not dodging uncomfortable truths.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:04AMSaturday, February 21, 2015
The Boston debut of internationally-acclaimed classical Indian dance performer Shantala Shivalingappa.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:23PMEvery writer fantasizes about passionate readers. These were as passionate as they come.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:21AMFriday, February 20, 2015
It’s refreshing and more than a little nostalgic to experience the trials, triumphs, and tribulations of Mailer’s time through his own combative eyes..
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:08PMWednesday, February 18, 2015
"It’s important not to get into the 'They don’t write songs like that anymore’ school of thought."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:14PMFor many Americans, Cuba has an air of mystery, but the art on view here is accessible, not enigmatic, even at times somewhat didactic.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:05AMTuesday, February 17, 2015
Mr Grey had his peccadilloes to be sure but, if you were unaware of the kinky side of his love life, then either you've been living under a rock, or missed that day in health class.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:01AMMonday, February 16, 2015
Yes, Chris Robinson is ironically in a band called the Brotherhood when he can’t work with his actual brother in the Black Crowes.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:55AMSunday, February 15, 2015
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, and author events for the coming week.
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