Friday, November 6, 2015
The history lesson embedded in Bulgarian Rhapsody is subtle yet also packs a wallop.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:10AMWednesday, November 4, 2015
Dough contains plenty of tasty charm and passion.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:56AMTuesday, November 3, 2015
Other than a highway sign not much remains, but the artistic legacy of Black Mountain College is truly indelible.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:38AMSunday, November 1, 2015
Two recent horror films know what they are doing: they are intelligent, clever, original, and genuinely disturbing.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:51PMFriday, October 30, 2015
"This is JETHRO TULL!, expressed proudly in bold terms. And then 'the rock opera,' said in an embarrassed whisper."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:10AMWhat seems to animate many of the fairy tales is a heady freedom from the constraints of realism, the style we associate most strongly with Victorian fiction.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:10AMTuesday, October 27, 2015
I missed the trademark orange Dynel wigs and the zany non sequiturs of the past, but Karen Krolak and the crew were still playing with fractured language.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:52PMSteve Jobs is a one-dimensional film about a terminally self-absorbed character.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:14PMAnne Curry’s purpose is not merely to act as a military analyst, but to explore the long cultural history of the battle’s meanings in subsequent British history.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:58PMBerman finds a submerged psychic and cultural stratum in Japanese culture, which possible antidotes to the consumerist and individualist fevers that have driven the US to delirium.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:58PMMonday, October 26, 2015
Both dances may limn our own Age of Anxiety, and the modern ways it manifests within us.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:05PMSaturday, October 24, 2015
My overall impression of the ballet was of earnest pretension.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:39PMThe Spellbound Contemporary Ballet performed the U.S. premiere of Le Quattro Stagioni.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:34PMFor a long novel, City on Fire is generously accessible and one of its strengths is in its absorbing, immersive momentum.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:25AMFriday, October 23, 2015
I love the inspirational story of Malala, but this film doesn't dig below the headlines.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:57AMWednesday, October 21, 2015
Curious Sound Objects showcases works that sit at the intersection of art and science as well as aesthetics and technology.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:18PMBlues feeling remains as unpredictable as ever. Who would have guessed that its strongest incarnation this year so far would be Ironing Board Sam’s Super Spirit?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:25AMTuesday, October 20, 2015
My biggest gripe is with a central tenet of Jonathan Franzen’s fiction: communication between generations is impossible.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:49AMDoug Varone's strong sense of design, color, and music lends depth and a certain mystery to his dances.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:44AMMonday, October 19, 2015
Bernstein's Songfest is Exhibit A in the argument that American orchestras and conductors need to champion the music of these shores.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:42PMThe "treats" being offered throughout Spektrel's four dances are an eclectic variety of movement, music, and moods.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:51AMSunday, October 18, 2015
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:51PMSaturday, October 17, 2015
If the first episode is any indication, season two of FX’s Fargo is going to be an almost pitch-perfect sophomore effort.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:51AMThursday, October 15, 2015
Filmmaker Alexandra Anthony's ambitious debut documentary was, in essence, fifty years in the making.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:12PMWednesday, October 14, 2015
Clive James gets the most out of whatever's on the page and isn’t shy about making larger connections.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:50PMHarold Pinter’s language can be enigmatic and deliberately bizarre, but it suggests arcs of passion and desire.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:50PMDivided into three acts and an epilogue, the film attempts to generate Shakespearean resonances, but the presentation is more mundane than tragic.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:28AMTuesday, October 13, 2015
Philippe Petit's feat has inspired an amazing documentary ... and now an amazing feature film.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:31AMAn event that makes you feel good about the Boston scene—in part because it’s about the rock community getting together to help friends with multiple sclerosis.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:31AMSaturday, October 10, 2015
Most of the piece was carefully engineered; it seemed more calculated than liberated
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:04AMFriday, October 9, 2015
Veils moves from political rallies to private show-downs, from blog exposition to deft, direct, and sometimes swiftly nuanced dialogues.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:48AM 
