Arts Fuse Editor
Author and journalist Massoud Hayoun’s novel Building 46 probes behind the air-brushed image of China’s capital city to offer a fascinating (and incisive) look into the everyday lives of Beijing dwellers.
As the age of Covid-19 finally wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. Please check with venues when uncertain whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.
In the annals of Russian repression, The New Greatness Case was a display of government overkill — until the events of this year redefined overkill.
This is a quicksilver drama about how a loving couple reacts as devastating bolts of lightning strike.
Winner of seven Cesars, this mordant portrait of the corrupt Parisian press mid 19th century, along with the commodification of just about everything, speaks loudly to the internet era.
This exhibition is impressive in drawing connections between material goods and labor, creating beauty out of unconventional forms.
Jurassic World: Dominion feels like Universal pureed every spec script for a Jurassic Park sequel ever sent to it by first-year film students. It’s narrative slurry. Like the pink slime used as filler in cheap burgers.
The Canadian sports comedy Shoresy works as its own series, but it doesn’t match the sharp wit of its predecessor, Letterkenny.
A refreshing and witty hip-hop spin on Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors.
You come away from this volume of short stories thinking that sure, Maggie Shipstead does write what she knows — it’s just that she may know everything.
Arts Commentary: The Nelsons Case