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Film Feature: Making “Speer Goes to Hollywood”

December 19, 2021
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Albert Speer, Hitler’s pet architect and the vaunted “glamour boy of the Third Reich, would have hated Vanessa Lapa’s unblinking and unforgiving documentary, which is the best recommendation I can give it.

Book Review: “Amoralman: A True Story and Other Lies” — A Young Magician Turns to a Life of Crime

December 18, 2021
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Magic is a performative pursuit as demanding as high-wire acrobatics — yet a vocation lacking respect, perhaps for good reason.

Visual Arts Review: Helina Metaferia’s “Generations” — A Story of Heritage and a Call for Change

December 16, 2021
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The social message of Generations is powerful and clear: it is time to be AWAKE + OUTRAGED.

Television Review: “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything” — Episodes 5-8

December 14, 2021
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The series gives a fine overview of its selected artists, and it does an even better job of introducing the turbulence, torments, treasures, and trippiness of 1971 to audiences who didn’t live through it (or who can’t remember much of it, for whatever reason).

Film Review: “Drive My Car” – A Saab Story

December 12, 2021
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The brilliant Drive My Car is about many things, but at its core the film is an exploration of loss.

Coming Attractions: December 12 Through 28– What Will Light Your Fire

December 12, 2021
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As the age of Covid-19 wanes (or waxes?), Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music. Please check with venues about whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Television: “Back to the Outback” — Our Heroes, the Icky and the Ugly

December 10, 2021
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Netflix may have yet to create an animated hit on the scale of Frozen, but this entry in the sweepstakes suggests that the streaming platform is moving closer towards that goal.

Film Review: “Licorice Pizza” — ’70s Bliss

December 9, 2021
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Licorice Pizza, director Paul Thomas Anderson’s ninth feature film, proves that he is a purveyor of cinematic joy.

Film Review: “Benedetta” — Get Thee to a Nunnery, Go!

December 8, 2021
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Rather disappointingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, the expressions of lesbian eroticism in Benedetta are very obviously depicted for the male gaze.

Book Review: “Hot Maroc” — A Moroccan Walter Mitty as Internet Troll

December 8, 2021
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Hot Maroc is more of a three-ring circus than a drama, with a high-wire act at one end, tigers and elephants at the other, and scurrying clowns in the middle.

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