Month: March 2015

Film Review: “Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter” — American Surrealism

March 25, 2015
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The Zellner brothers’ excellent film is inspired by a Japanese urban legend of a young woman who came to America supposedly because of Fargo, and then committed suicide in the snows.

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Fuse News: Lowell House Opera presents Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades”

March 25, 2015
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New England’s oldest continuously-active opera company brings to Boston a rare performance of one of Tchaikovsky’s less-familiar operatic scores.

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Dance Review: Boston Ballet’s “Shades of Sound” — Energetic Versatility

March 24, 2015
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Each piece is so different from the others in Shades of Sound that the evening provides something for everyone, giving the company a chance to showcase its phenomenal technique.

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Film Review: “Winter Sleep” — Epic Lite

March 23, 2015
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Winter Sleep is not the cinematic masterpiece so many have been hailing it to be.

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Book Review: “The Dirty Dust” — Voices From the Underground, Sublime, Spiteful, Satiric

March 23, 2015
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The Dirty Dust is a novel of almost unbelievable invention, humor, pathos, eloquence, and fury.

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Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Mavericks, 1923-1955

March 23, 2015
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This first group of mavericks all have their roots in the 1920s, but they demonstrate that George Gershwin’s way wasn’t the only way.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

March 22, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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Theater Review: A “Big Fish” Out of Water at SpeakEasy Stage Company

March 22, 2015
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The problem is that John August’s book for the musical lacks most of what made his screenplay for the 2003 film so emotionally resonant for so many.

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Book Review: “The Sexual Night” — Origins Unknown

March 21, 2015
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French writer Pascal Quignard strives to peer beyond, or behind, what psychoanalysts typically rationalize as the primal parental realities.

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Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — French Threads

March 20, 2015
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New York and Paris both respected innovation, but Paris demanded that the new have a certain style.

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