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Coming Attractions: December 31 through January 15 — What Will Light Your Fire

Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Music

Opera Album Review: An Award-Winning Recording of a Spontini Opera Championed by Maria Callas

By Ralph P. Locke | January 11, 2024

Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka, under conductor Christophe Rousset, shows why Berlioz and others loved “La Vestale”.

Visual Arts

Visual Art Commentary: Boston and Sargent, For Better, For Worse.

By Trevor Fairbrother | December 31, 2023

Boston’s veneration of John Singer Sargent is awkwardly implicated in the city’s habit of denouncing modern art.

Film

Film Feature: A Preview of Art House Films Coming in 2024

By Ed Symkus | January 8, 2024

Here’s a peek at 10 art house films that this critic is looking forward to in the first half of 2024.

Books

Children’s Book Reviews: A Grief Out of Season

By Cyrisse Jaffee | January 10, 2024

The holidays and their aftermath are not always a time of cheer for families. Two recent children’s books provide empathy and understanding.

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Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

January 11, 2024

This Week’s Poem: Douglas Rothschild’s “On the EVE of the THREE KINGS”

Dance

Book Review: “The Boy From Kyiv” — The Next Big Deal

By Debra Cash | December 27, 2023

As the first draft of documenting choreographer Alexei Ratmansky’s career, this book will be invaluable, but by the end of it, the story may look somewhat different.

Theater

Theater Feature: Favorite Stage Productions of 2023

By Arts Fuse Editor | December 31, 2023

Our theater critics salute the year’s outstanding productions.

Television

Arts Feature: According to Our Critics — The Best That TV Offered in 2023

By Arts Fuse Editor | December 23, 2023

Our critics supply their TV favorites of 2023.

Podcasts

Short Fuse Podcast #66: Let’s Get “Authentic”

By Elizabeth Howard | December 19, 2023

In this episode of The Short Fuse, host Elizabeth Howard and Alex Waters, technical editor of the podcast, reflect on the year in an informal conversation.

Short Fuses

January Short Fuses — Materia Critica

By Arts Fuse Editor | January 2, 2024

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

Food

Film Review: “Flux Gourmet” — Food, Glorious Food

By Peg Aloi | August 23, 2022

Flux Gourmet occasionally reminded me of the films of Peter Greenaway, who often juxtaposed the grotesque or disturbing with the beautiful and ethereal.

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.