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Film Review: Gore Vidal — A Memorable Gadfly That Stung the Left and the Right

June 29, 2014
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The haughty, witty Gore Vidal, my role model, was never happier than when going against the madding American populace.

Film Review: A Superior “Lift”

June 28, 2014
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Lift explores so many divergent issues that it would have been easy for the filmmakers to only give lip service to problems it raises. Thankfully, that is not the case.

Visual Arts Review: In New Haven — Five West Coast Artists and William Bailey

June 27, 2014
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Had Bay Area Figuration taken its place in the canon, we might not find ourselves in the tiresome situation we’re in at the moment.

Book Review: The “Jewish Lives” Series — Biography Simplified But Illuminating

June 27, 2014
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YUP’s uneven Jewish Lives offers a series of short, accessible biographies that could become a significant literary mural, showcasing the scope of Jewish culture.

Film Review: A Much Too Predictable “Escapement”

June 26, 2014
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Even given the over-the-top wish-fullfillment of the film’s plot, Escapement’s weak dialogue and lack of subtlety proves to be its ultimate undoing.

Film Review: Charmed by “The Grand Seduction”

June 26, 2014
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The Grand Seduction has some mawkish moments, but it’s still a very sweet movie, skillfully made and charmingly told.

Fuse Film Review: The 2014 Provincetown International Film Festival — A Sampling

June 26, 2014
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Alive Inside, the winner for Best Documentary at the Festival, had the audience gasping and in tears.

Film Review: The Good, the Bad, the Mixed at the Provincetown Film Festival

June 25, 2014
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What’s not to adore about this super-friendly, hedonistic, 24-hour street party, what summer resident John Waters celebrates as “a gay fishing village,” and what I might label, oxymoronically, a “queer New Orleans.”

Fuse Interview: ArtsBoston Launches The Arts Factor — A Fact-Based Shot of Courage

June 25, 2014
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Until now, the powerful economic reality spotlighted by The Arts Factor has generally been ignored or dismissed as anecdotal.

Arts Remembrance: Celebrating Rebecca Blunk 1953 – 2014

June 24, 2014
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Rebecca’s spirit will persist in every artist who remembers how much she believed in them, every organization that she urged to greater risk-taking and optimism for the future, and every friend brought together by the sorrow of her passing.

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