Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks. The post Coming Attractions: March 10 through 26 " What Will Light Your…
The disc is manna for lovers of assertive electric guitar, played by one of today's top practitioners, in an unadorned trio setting. The post Jazz Album: "Love Hurts" " Guitarist Julian Lag…
Overall, Juliana Hatfield's Weird is closer to good than to great. The post Rock Album Review: Juliana Hatfield's "Weird" " In Customary Fine Form appeared first on The Arts Fuse.
Climax may be the director's most fully realized attempt so far to suggest a state of madness onscreen. The post Film Review: "Climax" " Mental Blitzkrieg, Cinematic Version appeared first o…
Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria is a landscape of the shadowy feminine, steeped in ancient magic, willful evil, and the cyclical round-de-lay of death and rebirth. The post Film Review: A Pair of…
The BSO recently announced an extension to artistic partner Thomas Adès's contract. It is lucky to have him. So are the rest of us. The post Classical Concert Review: Thomas Adès conducts …
To be truly effective black humor must have us laughing at something we fear, regret, or at the very least recognize. The post Theater Review: "Escaped Alone" and "Come and Go" " Forms of Di…
"It's not a concert about despair," observes Joel Cohen, "there's a lot of festive music in it." The post Classical Music Preview: "Help the Children" Concert " An Eclectic Vocal Program a…
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's production of Birdy is at its best when it focuses on the play's central relationships. The post Theater Review: Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's Viscera…
Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle turn in frequently hilarious but vulnerable performances as their adolescent counterparts. The post Television: PEN15 " Middle School Made Uproarious appeared f…
The playwright supplies a memorable encounter between young and old in the play's final scene, but it is too late to compensate for the superficiality of the Pirandello-lite antics that have…
We need stories like The Wages to expose the hypocrisy and incoherence of the institutions that we are supposed to believe are pillars of justice. The post Book Review: "The Wages" " A Pow…
In the age of truthiness, poet Frederick Seidel's is a welcome voice. The post Poetry Review: "Peaches Goes It Alone" " A Comic Ode to the Age of Trump appeared first on The Arts Fuse.
Trumpeter Jason Palmer's mastery is of the unimposing kind, which this piano-less quartet seamlessly reflects. The post Jazz CD Review: Jason Palmer's "Rhyme and Reason" " Intricate Artistr…
Once is a wonderful musical and the Speakeasy Stage production does exquisitely right by its considerable merits. The post Theater Review: "Once" " Everything Goes Brilliantly Right appeared…
Delia Owens suggests that the only forward movement for her outsider-protagonist and "swamp trash" in general is to become curators of ecological/cultural museums in the very places where th…
The Half-Light is a play about ghosts that, while offering intimations of mortality, ends up exuding a charming and infectious romantic spirit. The post Theater Review: "The Half-Light" " A …
Greta is a slight, uninspired by-the-numbers genre film -- we've seen this paranoia-inducing tale too often. The post Film Review: "Greta" " A Tedious, Ugly Stalker Film appeared first on Th…
Tina Cassidy talks about her revealing and enjoyable new book about how a woman's right to vote became enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. The post Book Interview: Tina Cassidy on the Woman …
This is a finely-selected sampling of what some accomplished women filmmakers offered in 2018. The post Film Review: 5 Women Filmmakers " A Sampling of the Superb appeared first on The Arts …
The Lyric Stage Company's The Little Foxes is taut, tense, and eerily reflective of our own uneasy, pernicious times. The post Theater Review: "The Little Foxes" " American Greed Triumphant …
In very different ways and on very different topics, three recent books assuage notions that architecture/design books are formidable reads. The post Book Reviews: A Provocative Trio of Volu…
Imagine a combination of Stephen Colbert (the real one, that is) and John Updike. The post Author Interview: Writer Clive James " Writing Against the Dying of the Light appeared first on Th…
We were overjoyed to spend this episode with Pulitzer prize winning critic, poet, and teacher Lloyd Schwartz. Stick around for the poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon, too The post Arts Fuse Po…
Anniversaries are both the bane and the lifeblood of the classical music industry as, for better or worse, three new box sets remind. The post Classical CD Reviews: Colin Davis's "Berlioz Od…