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Visual Arts Review: “The Dying of the Light” — An Elegy for the Beauty of Celluloid

August 11, 2014
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This engaging exhibition features the work of 6 artists who meditate on the demise of the analog film image, exploring celluloid’s “particular visual, material, aural, and even metaphoric characteristics.”

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

August 10, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

Book Review: The Absurdity of Living in the Space Between — “Elsewhere” by Doron Rabinovici

August 7, 2014
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Elsewhere is a tragicomic work, its plethora of absurd coincidences an attempt to portray the senseless plight of the post-postmodern man.

Jazz Review: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society Lights Up the Future of Jazz at Newport 2014 (But Who Will Pay the Bills?)

August 6, 2014
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The jazz of tomorrow is in gifted hands. The future of the music business is more up for grabs.

Fuse Film Review: “A Most Wanted Man” — A By-the-Numbers Espionage Yarn

August 6, 2014
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A Most Wanted Man could have been a tense espionage yarn, but director and cast seem distinctly uninterested in delivering the nail-biting goods.

Theater Review: Behind the Corset – Maiden Phoenix Theatre Company’s “Playhouse Creatures”

August 5, 2014
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Some four centuries after Playhouse Creatures takes place, women are still facing inequality in the theatre world; companies like Maiden Phoenix are part of the solution to that problem.

Fuse Film Review: “Boyhood” — Life Happens Then You Move On

August 5, 2014
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Director Richard Linklater does something in Boyhood that is virtually unique. He filmed it over a twelve year period, so the actors actually grow older right before our eyes.

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

August 2, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

Film Review: “Code Black” – A Feel Good Documentary That is Difficult to Watch

July 30, 2014
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At its core, Code Black is about the struggle faced by young physicians who want to remain idealistic in the face of our failing health care system.

DVD/Blu-Ray Review: “A Hard Day’s Night” — Still Fun After Five Decades

July 28, 2014
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A Hard Day’s Night stands as a landmark in rock history because it exemplifies the Beatles’s joyously innocent starting point — today it delivers an irresistible sonic joy that comes from listening to songs that still rock after fifty years.

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