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Film Review: “The Green Knight” – Of Vanity, and Verdigris

August 9, 2021
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Filmmaker David Lowery plumbs the depths of this ancient tale, discovering the places where the human and the otherworldly intersect, where the earthbound meets the ethereal.

Coming Attractions: August 8 through 24 — What Will Light Your Fire

August 8, 2021
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As the age of COVID-19 wanes (and waxes?), Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music. Please check with venues about whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Theater Commentary: Is It the Right Time for “Our Town”?

August 6, 2021
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These days, I’m not in a mood to be comforted in the theater by either toasting or roasting chestnuts.

Book Review: “To Walk Alone in the Crowd” — Masterpiece or Mess?

August 6, 2021
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Like Blinky in Pac-Man, the narrator of this provocative but often frustrating and diffuse book gobbles up everything.

Film Review: “Annette” — A Rock Opera That Goes Backward in Order to Go Forward

August 5, 2021
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I want to gird you, readers, for the insanity and beauty of Annette

Theater Review: CSC’s “The Tempest” — A Brilliantly Kinetic Staging

August 5, 2021
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CSC pulled out all the stops for its turn at The Tempest, bringing together a cast that is more than up to the challenge of knitting together poignant drama and madcap comedy.

Television Review: “Ted Lasso” — Its Second Season Scores Big

August 4, 2021
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The sophomore season of the Apple TV + hit comedy is even more winning than its first.

Opera Album Review: An Important Early Opera by the Composer of “Cavalleria Rusticana”

August 3, 2021
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I felt at times that I was listening to the Italian equivalent of a Broadway musical, though a serious rather than jolly one.

Visual Arts Review: Mehr Licht! — “New Light: Encounters and Connections”

July 31, 2021
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This wonderfully eclectic show is a post-pandemic invitation to forge new connections and open up fresh conversations.

Dance Review: LA’s Contra-Tiempo — An Ecstatic Dance for Justice

July 31, 2021
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Contra-Tiempo sees the pandemic as an invitation for transformation: the performance questioned who we are, how do we move among each other, and what gives us joy.

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