Arts Fuse Editor
The film assembles an eclectic and impressive crew of actors, writers, directors and scholars to explore the representation of black characters and culture in (mostly) American horror cinema.
Read MoreSmartly, Vanessa Ruben has gathered a strong group of collaborators, a number of whom knew Tadd Dameron personally and all of whom knew his music well.
Read MoreThis season of True Detective explores the figure of the cop as a permanently haunted man.
Read MoreEverything about Schumacher’s story indicates that clichés about the ’50s are so powerful because things really were that way: repressive, poisonous, full of unspoken secrets and blustering ignorance.
Read MoreDoes the movie have anything to say about our zeitgeist? Well, the very entertaining cabinet-meeting sequence shows that chamber to be a place of male posturing, humiliation, sado-masochism, duplicity, and, finally, abject sycophancy.
Read MoreBeethoven reportedly told Rossini to stick to writing comic operas. But new recordings of two of Rossini’s major serious operas bring great pleasure to the listener—and let us hear some splendid young singers.
Read MoreThe seven-man musical wrecking squad from Austria called Mnozil Brass has created a combination circus band, village band, marching band, and vaudeville orchestra.
Read MoreAlbert Finney was the greatest interpreter of England’s gift to the world of contemporary theater, the Kitchen Sink Drama.
Read MoreThis studio outing emphasizes superb ensemble playing; the result in a beguiling album in which just about every note shines.
Read MoreRussian Doll is television made to be savored.
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