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Classical Album Review: Cleveland Orchestra Plays Schnittke and Prokofiev

December 12, 2021
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If you’re looking for instrumental music that grapples with tumultuous events, times, and circumstances, this may well be the disc for you.

Film Review: “Drive My Car” – A Saab Story

December 12, 2021
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The brilliant Drive My Car is about many things, but at its core the film is an exploration of loss.

Coming Attractions: December 12 Through 28– What Will Light Your Fire

December 12, 2021
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As the age of Covid-19 wanes (or waxes?), Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music. Please check with venues about whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Arts Remembrance: Michael Nesmith

December 10, 2021
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With Michael Nesmith’s passing, Boomers of a certain age feel another piece of their youth disappearing.

Television: “Back to the Outback” — Our Heroes, the Icky and the Ugly

December 10, 2021
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Netflix may have yet to create an animated hit on the scale of Frozen, but this entry in the sweepstakes suggests that the streaming platform is moving closer towards that goal.

Author Interview: Robert A. Gross on “The Transcendentalists and Their World”

December 10, 2021
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“Concord was actually surprisingly representative of Massachusetts, New England, and maybe even the North in the 19th century. In learning about Concord, you learn about the making of modern America.”

Film Review: “Licorice Pizza” — ’70s Bliss

December 9, 2021
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Licorice Pizza, director Paul Thomas Anderson’s ninth feature film, proves that he is a purveyor of cinematic joy.

Film Review: “West Side Story” — An Unnecessary Remake

December 9, 2021
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Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is fairly entertaining, fairly decent, but that’s about it.

Film Review: “Benedetta” — Get Thee to a Nunnery, Go!

December 8, 2021
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Rather disappointingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, the expressions of lesbian eroticism in Benedetta are very obviously depicted for the male gaze.

Book Review: “Hot Maroc” — A Moroccan Walter Mitty as Internet Troll

December 8, 2021
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Hot Maroc is more of a three-ring circus than a drama, with a high-wire act at one end, tigers and elephants at the other, and scurrying clowns in the middle.

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