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Amongst the acoustic live sessions, listeners should be delighted with the Chick Corea-Herbie Hancock duets.
“Before I Burn” gives the reader the awesome sense of a fully perceived life—the hallmark of great art.
Evaluating actress Judi Dench is akin to watching a great athlete do a high dive or land a difficult jump on ice skates. She nails it so often that you half expect a row of judges to hold up cards with nothing but 10’s on them.
Although there are bumps on the way from the brilliant first season to the uneven fourth season, “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis” stands as a clever, thought-provoking and joyful creation – a pleasure that’s anything but guilty.
In “A Touch of Sin,” four depressing stories float into one other, all said to be based on news stories from Chinese papers.
Fuse Music Critic Noah Schaffer’s favorite live music moments from the past year.
Is “Her” exploring truths about romance and emotional need? Or is this a creepy look into how far we’ve surrendered to the infantilizing embrace of technology?
Melissa Ferrick joined the songwriting faculty at Berklee, where she dropped out as a student two decades ago. The Berklee influence may account for the increased craft in her songs,.
Fuse Theater critics pick some of the outstanding shows of the past year.
The most unfairly maligned film of the year: Ridley Scott’s “The Counselor.” The most overrated movie of the year, which gave me a mammoth headache: “American Hustle.”

Classical Music Commentary: What’s Next for the Boston Symphony? — Lessons from the Past