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Film Review: “In Order of Disappearance” — No Country for Cold Men

September 16, 2016
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This taut, often hilarious, thriller is a stellar example of why Scandinavian cinema continues to impress.

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Book Review: “The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo” — A Mundane Stream of Consciousness

September 16, 2016
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Amy Schumer’s quasi-memoir is composed of stuff that would be better off posted on Facebook.

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Film Commentary: This Year’s Venice International Film Festival — From a Judge’s Perch

September 16, 2016
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Who can complain of ten days on the Lido, by the Adriatic Sea?

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Film Review: “Demon” — A Beautifully Creepy Dybbuk Yarn

September 15, 2016
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Demon is a powerful movie that, once seen, can’t be easily shaken off.

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Theater Review: “Cry Havoc” — The Bard on War, and the Pity of War

September 15, 2016
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Cry Havoc’s message: We expend energy in preparing young men and women for war, but no effort in re-engaging them into the life of not-war.

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Music Commentary/Preview: 2016 Fall Orchestral Season Overview

September 14, 2016
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In the six years I’ve now been reviewing for the Fuse, I can honestly say that the 2016-17 season looks to be one of the liveliest in recent memory.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Eight by Tenn” — Tennessee Williams’ Miraculous Miniatures

September 13, 2016
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Eight by Tenn offers eight stories whose psychological depths and linguistic riches rival those of most full-length plays.

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Film Review: “Eight Days a Week” — A Marvelous Look at The Beatles on Tour

September 12, 2016
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Unlike any other Beatles documentary, this one succeeds in presenting the hysteria of the few years when the band played live and toured the world.

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Theater Review: Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s “Doctor Who” and “Alpha 66”

September 12, 2016
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Cyndi Freeman and Brad Lawrence are accomplishing their mission: to bring the lowbrow entertainment of yesterday to the highbrow viewers of today.

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Music Interview: Feeling out “The Feelies”

September 12, 2016
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Four nerdy young men from small-town suburban New Jersey named their band after a prophetic product of Aldous Huxley’s imagination.

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