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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
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Music
“Future Soul” is an exercise in creating maximum accessibility without reducing the band’s extraordinary musicianship.
Visual Arts
The exhibit suggests that Isabella Stewart Gardner wanted her art curation, intellect, and fashion sense — the areas of her life over which she had the most agency over — to be her legacy, not her image.
Film
The documentary tries, perhaps a bit too hard, to turn the Grim Reaper into the Grin Reaper.
Books
Daniel Okrent’s “Art Isn’t Easy” is an engaging if familiar introduction to one of theater’s most complex figures – though seasoned Stephen Sondheim devotees may find themselves wanting more.
Poetry at The Arts Fuse
The week’s poem: James Loop’s “Nocturne”
Dance
With autobiographical wryness on the menu, Sara Juli and Alexander David is a match made in performance art heaven.
Theater
Daniel Okrent’s “Art Isn’t Easy” is an engaging if familiar introduction to one of theater’s most complex figures – though seasoned Stephen Sondheim devotees may find themselves wanting more.
Television
While each female protagonist makes some rough decisions, the series never pigeonholes them as villains or saints.
Podcasts
On the cusp of the Academy Awards and the Oscars ceremony, host Elizabeth Howard talks with Aldo Juraidini, design director at Studio Rodrigo, who also directs and curates films for Cinema Rodrigo.
Short Fuses
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
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The Arts Fuse was established in June, 2007 as a curated, independent online arts magazine dedicated to publishing in-depth criticism, along with high quality previews, interviews, and commentaries. The publication's over 70 freelance critics (many of them with decades of experience) cover dance, film, food, literature, music, television, theater, video games, and visual arts. Support arts coverage that believes that culture matters.
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