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Film Review: “A Different Man”– Odd Man Out

September 30, 2024
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It is on the universal theme of identity that “A Different Man” resonates most eloquently, demonstrating how who we are is not fixed but chosen, a mask we don whether it fits or not.

Film Reviews: At the Toronto International Film Festival — Nazi Puppet in Norway and Abortion Saga in Georgia

September 29, 2024
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Two closely watched films in Toronto were dark dramas that couldn’t have been more different.

Jazz Album Review: “The Best of Bird” — The Sheer Genius of Charlie Parker

September 29, 2024
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“Ornithology: The Best of Bird” might better be described as the best of Bird on Savoy.

Opera Review: White Snake Projects’s “Is This America?” — A Moral Parable for Our Times

September 29, 2024
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By Aaron Keebaugh The opera’s libretto moves back and forth fluently between Fannie Lou Hamer’s childhood years to her later struggles serving the cause of racial justice. On June 1, 1865, in front of a large crowd gathered at New York’s Cooper Union, Frederick Douglass gave a eulogy for Abraham Lincoln. The president had been…

Visual Arts Review: “Conjuring the Spirit World” — Can You Believe Your Eyes?

September 28, 2024
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This simultaneously entertaining and provocative show contests the premise that people today are invariably more sophisticated than those who lived in spiritualism’s heyday.

Musician Interview: Death From Above 1979 Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of its Classic Debut Album

September 26, 2024
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This year marks “You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine”‘s 20th anniversary and, in homage, Death From Above 1979 has slowly but surely been releasing re-recorded tracks from the disc over the past few months.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

September 26, 2024
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This week’s poem: Laura Sheahan’s “Alibi”

Book Review: “Fugitive: My Childhood on the Hollywood Blacklist” — A Still Relevant Warning

September 26, 2024
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Tony Kahn’s memory is extraordinary, and his talents as a writer, illustrator, and designer are prodigious.

Film Reviews: At the Toronto International Film Festival — in “The Bibi Files,” Netanyahu Fumes on Leaked Tapes

September 25, 2024
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“The Bibi Files” is a documentary that should be seen before its revelations, caught on tape, are overtaken by a larger war; the Palestinian no-budget drama “To a Land Unknown” presents a credible picture of refugee life.

Children’s Book Reviews: Animal Buddies with a Message

September 25, 2024
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Two new wordless picture books feature animals as friends, revealing greater truths about community and the environment.

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