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Dance Review: Bereishit Dance Company — Cosmopolitan Grace

July 2, 2016
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Soon-Ho Park’s dancers seem imbued with the casual cosmopolitanism of their peers, but they reflect a deep seriousness in their craft.

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Fuse Film Review: “Wiener-Dog” — Dog Day Afterlife

July 1, 2016
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In time, Wiener-Dog may be the film that defines Todd Solondz as a filmmaker.

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Stage Interview: Les 7 Doigts De La Main Serves Up “Cuisine & Confessions”

June 30, 2016
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“Circus artists aren’t the best actors,” Shana Carroll notes, “it’s not their thing.”

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Film Interview: Director Todd Solondz on his Canine Epic — “Wiener-Dog”

June 29, 2016
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When asked about why he chose to focus on a dog, Todd Solondz says: “I knew I wanted to do a dog movie.”

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Book Review: “American Rhapsody” — A Lucid Song of Ourselves

June 28, 2016
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One of the ironies inf American Rhapsody is that most of the artists Pierpont takes up didn’t find life in America to be rhapsodic at all.

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Film Review: “Therapy for a Vampire” — Blood, Lust

June 27, 2016
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There is plenty of comedy in this horror film: think A Midsummer Night’s Dream meets I Love Lucy.

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Book Review: A. B. Yehoshua’s “The Extra” — A Genius for Dissecting Family Matters

June 27, 2016
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This canny writer is concerned with the kind of complicated family relationships that engaged his Jewish literary forebears.

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Critical Commentary: Critical Injury at the “Boston Globe”

June 27, 2016
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The Globe tells us that we will be gaining compelling stories. What are we losing? Invitations to think seriously about artistic accomplishment and failure.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: June 26 through July 5— What Will Light Your Fire This Week

June 26, 2016
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in theater, visual arts, film, music, author events, and dance for the coming week.

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Film Review: “Tickled” — It’s Funny Until it Happens to You

June 24, 2016
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I can’t quite believe I’m cautioning viewers about the troubling nature of a documentary about tickling.

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