Arts Fuse Editor
Is Do Not Split a fine example of provocative filmmaking? Yes. Should you watch it? Certainly. Will it help you understand the forces feeding the discontent and shaping the discourse generated by the conflict? Not really.
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief bursts of criticism.
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Crisis takes on the opioid crisis – which has killed more people than the war in Vietnam — and gives corporate villainy (Big Pharma) the Hollywood treatment.
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The problem with I Care a Lot is that, despite its intimations of reality, there are tropes and story elements that come off as melodramatic for melodrama’s sake.
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An interview with Brookline’s own Leslie Epstein on his new novel, the inexhaustible freshness of Casablanca, and the need for truth in historical fiction.
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We need more recordings like this. This is a diverse and imaginative album that draws on a wide range of influences: rap, old-school funk, Afropop, traditional West African music, and R&B jam sessions.
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This live performance recording showcases the Boston-based singer/pianist Kemp Harris’s merrily eclectic approach — it is a thought-stirring and animated musical excursion.
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Despite its inevitable darkness, It’s a Sin never loses sight of the joys of existence.
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This is a sophomore album that showcases an artist’s desire to grow beyond his initial success.
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Visual Arts Review: Trump Likes Minimalism? Really?
All four budgets that Donald Trump and his sycophants sent to Congress had nada for the arts and humanities.
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