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Theater Preview: “Citrus” — World Premiere of a Choreopoem

February 24, 2020
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The stories in Citrus exhibit a powerful commonality: these portraits of th3e experiences of black women suggest that, over time, everything and nothing has changed.

Film Review: “Zombi Child” — Alluring Haitian-French Folk Horror

February 21, 2020
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At times, Zombi Child successfully hovers between spooky documentary and an art house coming-of-age film.

Coming Attractions: February 23 Through March 10– What Will Light Your Fire

February 21, 2020
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

Film Review: “Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey” — A Harlequin Feminist Manifesto

February 17, 2020
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The apocalyptic mayhem is glorious and certainly cathartic. Still, I have to ask: is this how women will rise up and take what’s ours? With violence?

Book Review: “Weather” — Despite All the Ruckus

February 17, 2020
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There’s a funny, parabolic quality to the emotional weather in Weather — amidst all the unsettling harbingers, the sensation of being in end times, there is still love.

Arts Commentary: Politics IS Performance — A Director Evaluates the Candidates

February 16, 2020
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Politicians are forced to perform on a massive stage and under the fierce gaze of a thousand lenses, yet few have real skills in that arena.

Book Review: “Before the Big Bang Makes a Sound” — Poetry of Common Cause

February 16, 2020
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Carolynn Kingyens’s debut book of poems, Before the Big Bang Makes a Sound, reminds us of our everyday struggles.

Book Review: “Strange Hotel” — Battling the Inner Critic

February 15, 2020
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Strange Hotel focuses on a woman’s life in middle age, suspended between the hollow satisfactions of memory and anxiety about the future.

Theater Review: “Manahatta” — Breaking the American Myths

February 14, 2020
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The only way forward, to go beyond American myths of innocence, is to confront the enduring crimes of the past.

Film Review: “After We Leave” — No Place Like Home

February 13, 2020
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I was blown away by how good After We Leave looks, its subtlety and plausibility and confident simplicity.

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