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Book Review: “The Fires of Lust” — Copulation in the Middle Ages

September 13, 2022
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Historian Katherine Harvey’s well-researched and lively book shows that in the Middle Ages lust had its way. Big time.

Doc Talk: The Camden International Film Festival — Location, Location, Location

September 13, 2022
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This year the Camden International Film Festival, which may be the finest documentary film festival in New England, examines the importance of place.

Television Review: “Reboot” — Laughing at the Corporate Hand that Feeds Him

September 12, 2022
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Reboot is a razor-sharp sitcom about the world of sitcoms and represents Steven Levitan’s triumphant return to comedy.

Opera Album Review: An Opera by a Scandalous — and Murdered — Composer Is Brought Back to Life

September 12, 2022
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Alessandro Stradella’s Loving and Pretending (caa. 1676) gets a lively, precise, and characterful performance in this world-premiere recording.

Book Review: “Autobiographies of an Angel” — A Short Wild Ride

September 12, 2022
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What we have here is the voice of one trying to navigate, endure, rise above, and somehow pacify a tapestry of cruelty and grief, while it struggles to find the words and voice that will do the work.

Television Review: “The U.S. and the Holocaust” — Vital Questions Left Unanswered

September 12, 2022
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The U.S. and the Holocaust leaves a vital question unanswered: Is this the kind of nation we want to live and worship in?

Coming Attractions: September 11 through 27 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 11, 2022
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As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Opera Preview: A Rachmaninoff Triple-Header!

September 11, 2022
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Odyssey Opera, and major singers from Ukraine and Russia, bring the great Russian composers’s three one-act operas to Jordan Hall on Sunday, September 25.

Film Review: “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” — The Gospel of Ridicule

September 10, 2022
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Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. would have been wise to stick to being a conventional mockumentary, a sardonic deconstruction of its target, the megachurch.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Better Call Saul” — Such Beautiful Shirts

September 8, 2022
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Having just triumphantly ended its sixth and final season, Better Call Saul could be seen as the story of a man who thrives under pressure while he’s gaming the system.

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