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Film Preview: Independently Ours — IFFBoston Celebrates Another Year of Community

April 24, 2019
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As always, IFFBoston’s Executive Director Brian Tamm and Program Director Nancy Campbell have curated a stellar lineup of films that promises to represent the very best of current American and international cinema.

Film Interview: “Ira Gitler Lives” — From Bret Primack, Jazz Documentarian Extraordinaire

April 24, 2019
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“The half-hearted support of jazz by American broadcast TV, be it commercial or PBS or cable, has been an insult not only to the artists, but to the public as well.”

Arts Fuse Podcast #14: Dialectics of Politicized Art, or the Intellectual History of White Men in Cars

April 23, 2019
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The Arts Fuse welcomes a new character to its extended universe. Deanna Marie Costa, an editor and critic at the magazine.

Music Interview/Review: Nervous Eaters – Back for Another Helping

April 23, 2019
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Luckily for us, after playing the occasional electrifying concert date over the years, Nervous Eaters is reuniting once again.

Film Review: “High Life” — Messy, Earthy Existentialism, In Outer Space

April 21, 2019
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In space, no one can hear you go extinct.

Coming Attractions: April 21 through May 7 — What Will Light Your Fire

April 20, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

Book Review: “In Search of Stonewall” — Illuminating Queer History

April 19, 2019
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The essays here give readers an eyewitness glimpse into mid-century queer life will intrigue (if not shock) younger LGBT+ people.

Jazz CD Review/Commentary: Holly Cole — Sticking to the Standards

April 18, 2019
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I did want to use this CD as a springboard to engage with the question of how using material of a certain age tends to pre-select — and limit — listenership.

Book Review: “The Club” — When One Lived for Good Conversation

April 18, 2019
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The Club is an entertaining and absorbing journey to another century, when the art of communication and the spirit of thoughtful engagement attracted men and women of acute sensibilities.

Arts Remembrance: Homage to David Kleiler

April 16, 2019
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It’s hard to imagine a Boston, even a New England, film-making and film-going scene without David Kleiler here.

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