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Book Review: Admiring Anne Enright’s “The Green Road”

July 13, 2015
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Anne Enright’s prose, especially when she is firmly rooted in Ireland, sings; she has the ability to get the details both of setting and character, and a wonderful ear.

Film Review: At the Maine International Film Fest — “Tired Moonlight” Moribund, But Ann Sothern was a Happening Lady

July 13, 2015
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Tired Moonlight has been generating a lot of buzz on the film festival circuit, and a classy salute to Hollywood actress Ann Sothern.

Theater Review: “Bells Are Ringing” — Musical Magic from the Berkshire Theatre Group

July 12, 2015
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If you love classic musical comedy, this is a production you must see.

Film Review: Maine International Film Festival — Off and Running with “Eisenstein”

July 12, 2015
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Eisenstein in Guanajuato is another major achievement from the iconoclastic British director Peter Greenaway.

Visual Arts: Giant White Bunnies at the Lawn on D — Down the Pop Culture Rabbit Hole

July 11, 2015
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In recent years several serious artists, Amanda Parer among them, have created giant inflatable pieces with the aim of making cultural/political statements.

Fuse Film Review Round-up: “Inside Out,” “Amy,” Southpaw,” and “Self/less”

July 11, 2015
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A quartet of summer films that range from the excellent to the not-so-bad and the ugly.

Visual Arts Interview: Robert Motherwell at 100 — A Look Back at the “Despair of the Aesthetic”

July 10, 2015
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An artist who readily quoted Kierkegaard? Actually, Robert Motherwell always resisted his media image, the ex-Ivy League graduate student who is a philosopher-intellectual before he is an artist.

Book Review: “Napoleon On War” — Might Makes Right, At Least for A While

July 10, 2015
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Bruno Colson’s book is a wonder of research, and serves to shed light on the state of Napoleon’s mind.

Theater Review: Ibsen’s “The Lady From the Sea” — Simplified for Modern Consumption

July 9, 2015
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In this Shaw Festival production we have something all too 21st century: the deliberate dumbing down of a complex play.

Fuse Commentary: Arts Criticism Isn’t Free — Support The Arts Fuse!

July 8, 2015
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Those who care about the future of American arts and culture should financially support this magazine and other valiant efforts to articulate the significance of the arts.

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