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Monica Hileman

Book Review: “Free” — A Communist Childhood

With gentle humor and insight, Lea Ypi draws rich portraits of the three caring adults she grew up with in the authoritarian world of her childhood in Albania.

By: Monica Hileman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: albania, Enver Hoxha, Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History, Lea Ypi, Monica Hileman

Television Review: “Ozark” — Nowhere to Go But Down

Ozark supplied some vital, if depressing insights, about what liberal Americans really value: money and power, rather than what they say they treasure, family and equality. The catch is that this is no longer news.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Matt Hanson, Netflix, Ozark

Jazz Album Review: Ches Smith’s “Interpret It Well” — Confident Improvisations

I am not sure where the track titles come from, but I am guessing the problems the band had getting together under Covid must have something to do with them.

By: Michael Ullman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Ches Smith, Craig Taborn, Interpret It Well, Mat Maneri, Pyroclastic

Music Commentary: The Gershwin Prize and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — Selling Out Quality for Profit

Both the Gershwin Prize and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame exist to glorify popular song. Both, in fairly short order, relaxed their initial high artistic standards.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: Gershwin Prize, Lionel Richie, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Album Review: Omar Apollo’s “Ivory” — Making Good on His Promise

Ivory is at its best when Omar Apollo fully commits to taking adventures into different sonic spaces.

By: Alexander Szeptycki Filed Under: Music, Popular Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Alex Szeptyck, Apolonio, Ivory, Omar Apollo

Television Review: “Senior Year” — A Mindless Trip Down Memory Lane

Like the films of the 2000s, Senior Year is filled with chuckles but eschews substance.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Netflix, Rebel Wilson, Sarah Osman, Senior Year

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

As the age of Covid-19 finally wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. Please check with venues when uncertain whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Preview Tagged: Bill-Marx, Jon Blumhofer, Jon Garelick, Matt Hanson, Noah Schaffer, peter-Walsh, Tim Jackson

Book Review: “The Poetics of Cruising” — Imaginative Acts of Capture

By exploring the historical and artistic significance of cruising throughout poetry, photography, and visual culture, the book produces a rich and exciting topography of queer culture that posits a reflexive relationship of vicarious cruising between “cruising texts” and their consumers.

By: Nicole Veneto Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Featured, Review Tagged: crusing, Derek Jarman, Jack Parlett, Nicole Veneto, queer visual culture, sex, The Poetics of Cruising, Todd Haynes, University of Minnesota Press

Film Review: “The Automat” — A Documentary Love-In to the Restaurant Chain

What could have been a fantastic twenty-minute short becomes a tedious slog as a stretched-out feature.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Uncategorized Tagged: Horn & Hardart, Lisa Hurwitz, Mel Brooks, The Automat

Visual Arts Review: BarabásiLab — Where Art and Technology Meet, Beautifully

This BarabásiLab exhibition is inspiring because it exemplifies a powerful integration of art and technology.

By: Mark Favermann Filed Under: Arts and Sciences, Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: art, BarabásiLab, Boston Cyberarts, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, George Fifield, Mark Favermann, technology

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