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TV Review: “Fargo”: or, Do Contract Killers Get Bored and Create Chaos for Fun?

April 15, 2014
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“Fargo” creates its own world of crime and moral conundrums while delivering a fair share of blood. Whether the TV series delivers on its promise to be in the same aesthetic world as the original movie is an open question.

Book Review: “Long Mile Home” — An Informative View of the Boston Marathon Bombings That Lacks Investigative Muscle

April 15, 2014
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A fast-paced, fact-laden book by two “Boston Globe” reporters about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that doesn’t answer the tough questions.

Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

April 13, 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.

Concert Review: Neil Finn — A Modest Master Songwriter

April 9, 2014
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As a solo artist, Neil Finn’s moved away from straightforward pop and toward a moodier sound, with lyrics asking bigger questions about life and mortality.

Concert Review: Dumpstaphunk — A Superb New Orleans Funk Band That Wants to Change the World

April 5, 2014
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A sensitive folkie may tell you to get beyond your negativity; these guys tell you to “take all that bullshit and put it in the dumpsta.”

Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

April 4, 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 this week.

Film Review: At the Turkish Film Festival — Magic Realism Conjured in Black and White

March 30, 2014
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Not many movies try to wring poignancy out of a distraught man standing in a field, shouting his anguish to the sky, while holding two severed limbs.

Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

March 28, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, author readings, visual arts, and dance that’s coming up this week.

Concert Review: Gary Numan at the Paradise — A Friendly Kind of Intensity

March 26, 2014
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Yes, Gary Numan’s jumped a bandwagon, but the former new-wave hitmaker has done it with style.

Film Feature: Local Rocker Robin Lane and Coming Back Strong “When Things Go Wrong”

March 23, 2014
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Robin Lane’s story goes back to her ‘60s days as a child of Hollywood glamor, her long tenure as a Boston rock survivor, and her recent renaissance as a musical counsellor for abused women.

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