Arts Fuse Editor
Is it any wonder? An opera that angered Louis XIV in 1677 brings enormous pleasure in 2020.
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This debut film from Romola Garai is to be commended on all levels: its technical proficiency, its aesthetic beauty, its affecting and unusual story, and its stand out performances.
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Love on the Spectrum is a trailblazing docuseries that dismantles myths about autism and romance.
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Though it’s inconsistent, Oliver Tree ‘s debut album offers an ample display of songwriting acumen along with his determined eccentricities.
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It’s hard to critique a novel that flies under such a resplendent banner, a wholesale rejection of the dead and decaying world of trends and war and meaninglessness.
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“Ornette was looking for those notes, the ones that feel no pain.”
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The album’s set of pieces not only revels in the spirited formal experimentation of the great musician’s music, but its expressive urgency as well. Read More
The play’s swift running give-and-take is chillingly beguiling, its myriad allusions arousing your curiosity as you consider the characters’ positions and conclusions yourself.
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The Rental chugs along predictable genre rails, its characters settling into the expected “types” as screws are gradually turned on them by whoever’s surveilling from a distance.
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Jazz Commentary: Ornette Coleman — An Outsider Cracks the Egg
The final, ineluctable quality that Ornette Coleman brought to the table was that he had an individual “voice,” which is the sine qua non and preeminent ethos in jazz.
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