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Film Review: “Men of the Cloth”—Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man

December 7, 2015
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Director Vicki Vasilopoulos has masterfully crafted a documentary about tailors, clothing, and the painstaking search for excellence.

Theater Interview: Staging “Beowulf” for the Holidays

December 7, 2015
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“Mostly I want people to enjoy a feast of language, imagery, story, and the power of the actor to incite the imagination.”

Fuse Visual Arts Review: “Frank Stella: A Retrospective”—Admiration and Abhorrence Intertwined

December 7, 2015
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Now on the cusp of nine decades, Frank Stella is dedicated to visual experimentation, a kind of controlled and aesthetic atom-smashing,

Music Feature: Top Jazz Albums of 2015

December 6, 2015
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How does one keep a big band together long enough to make such brilliantly evocative sessions as that by Maria Schneider and the others listed here?

Music Feature: Top Classical Recordings of 2015

December 5, 2015
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For classical music recordings it has been a remarkably rich year, especially over its second half.

Film Review: “Out of My Hand”—A Landmark Film From Liberia That Lacks Drama

December 5, 2015
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The protagonist’s confrontation with his past barbarity is far and away the most compelling part of Out of My Hand.

Fuse Feature: Notable Music Deaths of 2015

December 5, 2015
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A homage to the amazing musical talents that passed away this year.

Cultural Commentary: After Three Decades, The End of Live Jazz at Boston’s Top of the Hub

December 4, 2015
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Top of the Hub was one of the very rare places in the country where ordinary folks would bump into jazz every night.

Film Review: Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq”—A Long and Sexy Sermon

December 4, 2015
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Chi-Raq is a work of agitprop—preachy, strident, sentimental, even sacramental.

Fuse Album Review: Fresh Improvisational Sounds from Finland’s TUM Records

December 3, 2015
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According to its web site, TUM operates mainly thanks to volunteers. We should be grateful.

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