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Rock Album Review: Goose’s “Shenanigans Nite Club” — Likeable and Durable

June 9, 2021
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The group’s exuberance makes it easy to like, an enthusiasm that is compounded by the quality of its live shows and its recordings.

Film Appreciation: “History is Made at Night” — Transcendent Love on Screen

June 8, 2021
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Director Frank Borzage’s wonderful 1937 History Is Made at Night, newly restored and released on Blu-ray and DVD by the Criterion Collection, defies pigeonholing.

June Short Fuses – Materia Critica

June 7, 2021
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

Classical Album Review: Richard Danielpour’s “An American Mosaic” — A Potent Reminder of Shared Humanity

June 7, 2021
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An American Mosaic is a fascinating study of how a contemporary composer can fuse the gestures and syntax of a tradition rooted in Bach with contemporary sensibilities.

Film Review: “Undine” — Subtle Mythology, Intense Emotion

June 5, 2021
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Undine is a film best savored (and best absorbed) with a second viewing. Viewers must be open to its charms, perhaps allowing memories of the primal to seep into their consciousness.

Rock Album Commentary: Rostam’s “Changephobia” — The Sound of Heroic Optimism

June 5, 2021
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As we emerge from the pandemic, Rostam’s Changephobia strikes the right healing notes for fatigued ears.

Theater Review: “Songs for a New World” — A Musical for Our Moment

June 4, 2021
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Songs for a New World grapples with the jumble of emotions prompted by the end of the pandemic, while also serving as a potent reminder of what a joyful experience musical theater can be.

Rock Album Review: Black Midi — A Dizzying Mashup

June 4, 2021
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If you’re up for a lofty challenge, the experimental British rock outfit Black Midi is more than poised to fill the void.

THE ARTS FUSE TURNS 14! — Our Spring Appeal

June 4, 2021
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Please help us bring the arts and culture community roaring back to life by supporting the magazine and its independent coverage.

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Blue Lives Madder, “Dirty Harry” Turns 50

June 4, 2021
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The path Dirty Harry (and too many of his defenders, then and now) chose to pursue — the urban policing version of “killing the village in order to save it” — was outdated and discredited even in 1971.

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