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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.

Book Review: “The Last Bookseller” — A Breezy Memoir of Life in the Rare Book Trade

December 8, 2021
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The arrival of the internet adds a sour-grapes ending to an otherwise fairly compelling narrative.

KEEP THE ARTS FUSE LIT! — Our Winter Appeal

December 7, 2021
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Please take this opportunity to sustain the future of the arts in this country by strengthening a magazine that is making a real difference.

Children’s Book Review: Girls Rule! And Other Ways to Inspire Kids This Holiday Season

December 7, 2021
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Some splendid, new (and newish) books that are sure to inspire young children.

Music Documentary: “The Beatles: Get Back” — Back to Where They Once Belonged

December 7, 2021
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Who else, but The Beatles, could command this much attention, of this many people, for that long of a time, and still be interesting, even joyous?

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project – Celebrating a Great Year in Music (December Entry)

December 6, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s diverse list includes Elton John, Paul and Linda McCartney, Humble Pie, Miles Davis, and Nick Drake.

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