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Fuse Film Review: “A Most Wanted Man” — A By-the-Numbers Espionage Yarn

August 6, 2014
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A Most Wanted Man could have been a tense espionage yarn, but director and cast seem distinctly uninterested in delivering the nail-biting goods.

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Theater Review: Behind the Corset – Maiden Phoenix Theatre Company’s “Playhouse Creatures”

August 5, 2014
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Some four centuries after Playhouse Creatures takes place, women are still facing inequality in the theatre world; companies like Maiden Phoenix are part of the solution to that problem.

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Fuse Film Review: “Boyhood” — Life Happens Then You Move On

August 5, 2014
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Director Richard Linklater does something in Boyhood that is virtually unique. He filmed it over a twelve year period, so the actors actually grow older right before our eyes.

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Film Essay: On the Top 50 Documentaries of All Time — From a Bostonian’s Perspective

August 5, 2014
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I’m miffed that three of the greatest documentaries ever produced, all from around Boston, didn’t make the cut on the Sight & Sound list.

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Fuse Theater Review: “4000 Miles” — A Journey Worth Taking at the Gloucester Stage Company

August 4, 2014
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4000 Miles is a showcase for dramatist Amy Herzog’s quirky sensibilities and canny insights into family dynamics.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

August 2, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

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Theater Review: CSC Stages a Zippy “Twelfth Night” on the Boston Common

August 2, 2014
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There are laughs in this production of Twelfth Night, but the romantic payoffs are scarce, perhaps because the sit-com rhythms tend to swamp all else (including some of the poetry).

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Film Review: “Magic in the Moonlight” — Recycling Made Charming

August 1, 2014
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Despite Woody Allen’s recycling of old ideas and plot points, his actors give such strong characterizations that I tossed my skepticism aside and enjoyed the moonlit ride.

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Fuse Film Review: “Get On Up” — James Brown’s Music Grooves, But the Biography Falls Flat

August 1, 2014
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From the start of Get On Up, James Brown’s life is reduced to the plastic clichés of music biography.

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Theater Review: Double Edge Theatre’s “Shahrazad” — A Feast for Our Imaginations

August 1, 2014
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Shahrazad is the latest in Double Edge’s summer spectacles, and with this piece, director and designer Stacy Klein has found the perfect balance between story and visuals.

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