We are given a priceless opportunity to see how Matisse's mind worked and the ways his creative process unfolded.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:54PMArts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:02PMA Dark Song’s terror lies in its slow, intense build and its overarching sense of doom.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:31PMThis Sleeping Beauty teaches the audience that fussy costumes and wigs and long-winded storytelling are the apex of ballet.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:02PMLydia R. Diamond’s dialogue is funny and cutting; when it needs to it digs deep, mining gems of psychological insight.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMMy 80-Year-Old Boyfriend is a joyous delight, an irresistible reminder that time flies.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:18PMThis thoroughly cockamamy world offers the kind of guilty pleasure that you hope never ends.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:24AMAlannah Hopkin demonstrates a near impeccable sense of craft, including a talent for coming up with surprises.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMMany of the poems live up to the title’s shout-out to Walt Whitman, cutting through the current political miasma with fresh wit, insight, and lyrical outrage.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMThis is sweet and haunting music; and, like rose oil, it lingers.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:06PMThis is the largest exhibition of Botticelli paintings ever mounted in North America. Bigger may not always be better, but this is a gorgeous show.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:54AMDancer/choreographer Maureen Fleming's highly distinctive style of movement is unforgettable.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:31PMMargaret Atwood’s novel turns out to have been far more clairvoyant than even she believed it would be.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:36AMIRNE critics argue about what we think are the best, the brightest, and the most award worthy of these dozens and dozens of productions.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:54PMIf you have a hankering for a new "found-footage" film, then Phoenix Forgotten will feed your retro-appetite.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:31AMSara Baume’s sophomore novel insists that we rethink the value of empathy: depend on it, yes, but also be suspicious.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:48PMThere are documentary films for all tastes this year.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMArts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:12PMWhile calling this Ben Wheatley's most violent film may be debatable, Free Fire is absolutely the one most riddled with gunshots.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:54PMWhat could easily have become a dense, jargon-filled work of cultural psychology instead reads like a thoughtful conversation.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AMI try to be optimistic, but it’s hard not to observe that the jazz club scene in eastern Massachusetts is worse than it’s been in decades.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AMMartín Espada’s lyricism sings deeply in the key of loss, turning the anguish of social and personal histories into hope.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:54AMParadise's central conflict and the performances in the Underground Railway Theater production are damn good.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:48PMKlaus Merz’s cunning, compressed prose invites us to listen for the sounds of the inexpressible, the other side of life.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:12AMSeeing the rugged minimalism of golf in its infancy was very appealing.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:42AMThese tales have an incendiary energy, but Osama Alomar handles his narrative explosives with restraint, wisdom, care, and precision.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:36AMGet Out owes much to the small but precious film genre that dares to cultivate bizarre and hip satire.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:18PMOlivia Kate Cerrone tells this story in raw, blunt terms, in a naturalistic mode worthy of Zola.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:18PMThe Boston Conservatory production of Mass was mostly frustrating, but Leonard Bernstein’s score came across very strongly.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:48AMThe fiery excellence of Handel and Haydn Society's collective effort made Monteverdi’s epic masterpiece sparkle like a star.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:42AMtemping is a strange and experimental beast, and I look forward to seeing where this type of interactive experience goes next.
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