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Theater Interview/Preview: Dan O’Brien — The Playwright as Documentarian

April 14, 2024
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It’s not hyperbole to suggest that Dan O’Brien’s “True Story: A Trilogy” represents a distinctive achievement in theater history.

Film Review: “Amar Singh Chamkila” — A Spirited Showbiz Biography

April 14, 2024
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“Amar Singh Chamkila” doesn’t hit the compelling heights of “Highway” and “Tanasha,” but the director Imtiaz Ali successfully infuses — within the limits of the musical biopic — a buoyant, rebellious spirit.

Film Review: “La Chimera” — A Celebration of Etruscan Grit and Glory

April 12, 2024
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If “La Chimera” is a bit harder to penetrate than the director-writer’s previous works, it boasts some captivating passages and raises pertinent questions about art, history, globalism, and national identity.

WATCH CLOSELY: “Ripley” — A Man in Shadows and Light

April 12, 2024
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“Ripley” is one of the most entertaining and finely-wrought thriller series to come from Netflix in years.

Book Review: “Who Owns This Sentence?: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs”

April 12, 2024
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This book is a fiery manifesto that charges that copyright law today is an outrageously unjust scheme that does nothing for 99 percent of authors, other creative people, and their fans, while it locks up a commodity that fills the coffers of large corporations.

Jazz Album Review: Noah Haidu’s “Standards II” — A Trio of Masters

April 12, 2024
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Pianist Noah Haidu’s impeccably performed and recorded “Standards II” is a winner.

Television Review: “Heartbreak High,” Season Two — A Distinct Letdown

April 12, 2024
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The Aussie teen soap falls victim to the dreaded sophomore slump.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

April 11, 2024
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This week’s poem: Andrew K. Peterson’s “After H.D. and Meat Loaf”

Film Review: “The Beast” Is a Bungle

April 11, 2024
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Who would predict that this perfectly calibrated tale would be yanked out of its early 20th century setting and become dystopian science-fiction?

Music Interview: Jay Ungar and Molly Mason — Still Playing Together After All These Years

April 10, 2024
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The renowned duo of Jay Ungar and Molly Mason perform what has been called American Roots music. But they’ve also been known to include traditional folk and ’40s jazz.

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