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Theater Review: “Time Stands Still” — After Trauma

September 25, 2019
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In this seemingly modest, but beautifully constructed and deeply moving play, Donald Margulies has tackled some of the thorniest questions of our time.

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Film Review: “Downton Abbey” — Revisiting Past Glory

September 24, 2019
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Why has Downton Abbey, the film and the series, been so successful? We are given a romanticized vision of essential ‘Britishness,’ a nostalgic version of the class system.

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Book Review: “Animalia” — ‘Taint a Fit World for Man or Beast

September 24, 2019
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Jean-Baptiste Del Amo has written a marvelous novel in the naturalistic mode that explores how the lives of humans and animals are both interdependent and in conflict — it is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach.

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Dance Review: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas — Phase by Phase

September 24, 2019
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Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker invites the audience to let go of outside distractions and meditate on our own deeper feelings.

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Film Review: “Ad Astra” — Stoic to a Fault

September 23, 2019
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An attempt to comment on contemporary masculinity, but without enough mind or matter to make much of an impact.

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Theater Review: Bedlam’s “Crucible” — Burn, Baby, Burn

September 23, 2019
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Bedlam’s provocative production of The Crucible has a purpose — to urge us all to stand up and shout down the devils in our midst.

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Coming Attractions: September 22 through October 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 22, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Theater Review: “Choir Boy” — Musical Grace

September 22, 2019
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Few of the numbers in Choir Boy fails to astonish.

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Music Commentary: Ken Burns’ “Country Music” — Superb Cinematic Storytelling

September 22, 2019
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Country Music digs into the rich, deep dirt of a music with a complicated past, a hybrid genre soaked in soulful suffering, twangy glory, and times both high and tough.

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Film Review: Rude, Crude, and Enchanting, This Year’s New York Film Festival is a Helluva Ride

September 22, 2019
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Three remarkable films that promise a bumper crop of world cinema yet to come at the NY Film Festival.

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