Arts Fuse Editor
Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
This week’s poem: Alex Carrigan’s “I Somehow Swallowed the Knife”
The magazine’s jazz critics look back over the past year and highlight their favorite albums.
Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Our critics supply their TV favorites of 2024.
Our popular music critics pick some of the standout albums and performances of 2024.
Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year. And there is plenty of disagreement.

Arts Commentary: The Kennedy Center and the Boston Symphony Orchestra — A Tale of Two Crises