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Film Review: “The Second Mother” — A Sensitive Study of Class Consciousness in Brazil

September 28, 2015
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The actors draw you in, so there is no need for extraneous exposition as the film carefully examines the ironies of the Brazilian class system.

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Music Review: Madonna in Boston — Queen of a Three-Ring Circus

September 27, 2015
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Madonna’s show made for spectacular eye and ear candy. But what was it all about? That’s where things got a little hazy.

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Theater Review: “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” – Musically Engaging But Dramatically Weak

September 27, 2015
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This show’s eclectic score is more progressive than what is typical of our determinedly conservative modern musical theater genre.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

September 27, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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Film Review: “Fidelio: Alice’s Odyssey” — Obsessively Sexual

September 27, 2015
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This film, written and directed by Lucie Borleteau, is not exactly feminist, nor need it be.

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Visual Arts/Book Review: “Drawing in Silver and Gold” — the Miracle of Metalpoint

September 26, 2015
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What seems to be a constant is a feeling that it is miraculous that these works have come into being, and that they are unlike any other kind of drawing.

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Film Review: “Learning to Drive” — Down the Formulaic Highway

September 26, 2015
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This modest film manages to hold the viewer’s attention, not to mention his or her compassion, throughout.

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Classical CD Review: Julia Wolfe’s “Anthracite Fields” — Hard-Driving Minimalism

September 25, 2015
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Even if it’s a mite inconsistent, Anthracite Fields is a fully deserving Pulitzer winner.

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Album Review: Innovative “Love & Mercy” Soundtrack is Worth the Wait

September 25, 2015
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Atticus Ross’ success in creating these pieces results in a listening experience quite a bit more harrowing and evocative than the lush and sunny Beach Boys harmonies people are accustomed to.

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Classical Music Album Review: Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov play Brahms

September 25, 2015
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Just about anything Isabelle Faust touches these days is gold – she’s one of the finest violinists out there

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