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Film Retrospective: “Taxi Driver” at 50 –The Lonely Man Is Still Out There

August 24, 2026
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Martin Scorsese’s feverish New York classic remains a master class in urban atmosphere and subjective filmmaking—and a chilling study of how alienation curdles into violent fantasy.

Book Review: “The Black Shield” — A Family’s Reckoning with Policing and Power

August 24, 2026
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Wilbert L. Cooper examines the paradox of Black police officers seeking safety and status inside an institution shaped by racial violence.

Dance Preview: Dancing the Odissi in my Spine — Bijayini Satpathy’s New Journey

August 24, 2026
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In her Boston solo premiere, “Rāgachitra,” the former Nrityagram artist draws on a lifetime in classical Indian dance to create searching, contemporary works shaped by memory, mythology, gender, and an inward turn.

Book Review: “The Eighth Wonder” Traps a Drifting Man in a Dream of Doubt

August 23, 2026
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In Vlady Kociancich’s newly translated Argentine novel, an indecisive Buenos Aires lawyer wanders through Berlin, cinema, erotic fantasy, and a reality that may be entirely of his own making.

Film Review: “Peter Asher: Everywhere Man” – Yeah, Baby, Yeah!

August 21, 2026
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An exuberant documentary traces the British Invasion star’s serendipitous path from Peter and Gordon to producing James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt.

Classical Music Album: Anne-Sophie Mutter’s Restless New-Music Advocacy

August 21, 2026
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Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter’s latest Alpha recording pairs two late works by André Previn with Sebastian Currier’s witty, searching “Ringtone Variations.”

Rock Album Review: The Cramps’ Lost Album, Unearthed

August 21, 2026
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A newly released 1977 collection documents the Cramps making the past feel dangerous again.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

August 20, 2026
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This week’s poem: William Lessard’s “Father”

Book Review: A Grand, Readable History of the Ottoman Empire

August 20, 2026
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Carter Vaughn Findley’s “Dreams of Empire” charts the endurance, diversity, achievements, and eventual dissolution of a state that bound East and West for nearly six centuries.

Film Review: “Don’t Say Good Luck” Finds Grace in Grief, Theater, and Teenage Life

August 20, 2026
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Sunny Sandler gives a quietly affecting performance in a heartfelt, unsentimental coming-of-age drama about a high school musical, a mother’s cancer recurrence, and the precarious coexistence of sorrow and joy.

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