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Fuse News: Visionaries in Conversation

January 31, 2014
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Arts alert for readers in the Pioneer Valley.

Film Review: “Gloria” — A Rare Film That’s Smart and Dead Right about Middle Age

January 31, 2014
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“Gloria” explores better than any movie I’ve seen how, when middle-aged divorcees become a couple, they are still affected by their relationship with their ex-spouses and children.

Fuse Film Commentary: The Decimation of the Independents — Some Solutions

January 30, 2014
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The major film companies must divest themselves of their independent arms (which are anything but independent) and allow a return to the system that was in place for decades until greed and cinematic carpet bagging crushed it.

Fuse Film Feature: Confessions of a Movie Critic — Waiting for His Next Close-up

January 30, 2014
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Who doesn’t want to be in a movie?

Concert Review: Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar at Regattabar — In The Blues Comfort Zone

January 29, 2014
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Sonny Landreth tours with an electric rhythm section, but Tuesday night found him in a quieter duo with Austin, TX steel guitarist and former Asleep at the Wheel member, the wonderfully-named Cindy Cashdollar.

Music Interview: Mavis’ Man — Guitarist Rick Holmstrom on Backing Mavis Staples With Taste and Space

January 29, 2014
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“Yeah, Mavis Staples is everything you see onstage and more. She gives and gives and gives.”

Film Review: “Dallas Buyers Club” – Flipping the Coin of Masculinity

January 28, 2014
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“Dallas Buyers Club,” though it does get decidedly sunnier once Ron is introduced to natural self-medication, which extends his life well beyond the projected thirty days, is not an open-and-shut case.

Film Review: “The Past” — Another Superb Film from an Iranian Master

January 28, 2014
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Director Asghar Farhadi is a master storyteller. He is particularly adept at painting characters in deep shades of gray.

Fuse Dance Review: PERFORMANCE — A Parade of Passersby

January 27, 2014
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No amount of postmodern theory can paper over the fact that a half-baked cake, even one made with tasty ingredients, fails to satisfy.

Book Review: Richard Powers’s Urgent “Orfeo” — Can Art Save Us?

January 27, 2014
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As with any Richard Powers novel, when you finish “Orfeo” you will have no doubt you are alive, awake, and likely ready to start over at page one.

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