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Film Review: Meditations on “Lucy” — Scarlett Johansson and Unregretted Acid Trips

September 3, 2014
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The trippiness, the nudge regarding unused powers, regarding vision, regarding the potential of our minds, are the best parts of Lucy.

Fuse Film Review: A Mouth-Watering And Hilarious “Trip to Italy”

September 3, 2014
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Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon comic routines are cerebral but brilliantly funny, mostly due to the dueling impersonations that are an inevitable part of every meal along their journeys.

Book Review: Donald Antrim’s “The Emerald Light in the Air” — Unabashedly Gorgeous

September 2, 2014
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The Emerald Light in the Air is important reading for those interested in the state of the American short story, or of American fiction in general.

Book Review: Lucinda Franks’s Memoir – A Deeply Romantic Story of a May-December NYC Power Couple

September 1, 2014
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Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Lucinda Franks’s writing can be brilliant, deeply honest, and startling; other times superficial, sentimental, New Agey, or simply not credible.

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

August 31, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

Coming Attractions in Jazz: Late Summer/Early Autumn Festival Update

August 30, 2014
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The Hyde Park Jazz Festival is back, and from Northampton to Falmouth jazz festivals abound throughout the waning days of summer and the arrival of autumn.

Visual Arts Commentary: The Lawn on D — A New Park Paradigm in South Boston

August 29, 2014
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The Lawn on D is a breath of fresh cultural air in Boston.

Fuse Book Review: “The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in Ten Songs” — Chronicling the Thrill of Invention

August 29, 2014
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On more than one occasion in The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in Ten Songs Greil Marcus argues that the original recordings of some of his picks don’t hold a candle to their cover versions.

New York Theater Review Notes: Tennessee Williams and Hotsy Totsy Burlesque

August 28, 2014
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A charming, thoughtful one-man homage to writer Tennessee Williams and a hilarious burlesque spoof of TV’s Mad Men.

Music Review: The Band X — Time for Some New Material

August 28, 2014
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X is simply too good to turn into a travelling punk museum

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