Coming Attractions
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.
The Arts Fuse Currents
Music
From TikTok to the concert stage, the singer’s unaffected way with the Great American Songbook suggests a hopeful turn in an AI-drenched culture.
Visual Arts
At 90, Boston’s ICA revisits nine decades of boundary-pushing art, institutional reinvention, and a willingness to take risks.
Film
At the Boston Jewish Film Festival, three films follow women who persist in the face of prejudice, buried secrets, and unjust laws.
Books
In “Will and Attention,” the essayist explores addiction, faith, and the divided self—and asks whether lasting change begins not with willpower but with attention.
Poetry at The Arts Fuse
This week’s poem: “Sonic Warfare II”
Dance
The Boston dance community is reeling.
Theater
The Huntington Theatre Company’s staging of Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation finds fresh complexity in Harper Lee’s moral hero, even as uneven performances and distracting choices diminish its power.
Television
From haunted islands to Gilead and outer space, four series keep the scary season alive.
Podcasts
Ruchira Gupta joins Elizabeth Howard to explore her friendship with Gloria Steinem, the influence of India and Gandhi on Steinem’s activism, and their shared commitment to women’s freedom.
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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About the Arts Fuse
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.
Arts Commentary: Superman, Spider-Man, and the American Art of Slugging Nazis
William Nicholas Love’s punch heard round the internet belongs to a long comic-book history of fighting homegrown fascism—from Captain America to “The Clan of the Fiery Cross.”