Review

Book Review: “New England Bound” — Slavery and the Puritans

June 8, 2016
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It is not surprising that Wendy Warren strains to find words to “comprehend the rank tragedy that resulted from enslavement.”

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Book Review: Incurable Absences — Olivia Rosenthal’s novel about Alzheimer’s and Much More

June 7, 2016
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The author makes fully human an illness marked by absence and estrangement from humanity.

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Dance Review: Paula Josa-Jones — Shape Shifter

June 7, 2016
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Josa-Jones is a unique mover, totally committed to her movement, and totally moving in every body part.

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Fuse Book Review: “Sweetbitter” — Stale Flavour Du Jour

June 6, 2016
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In no way does Sweetbitter succeed in doing what you are led to expect of it: to frame the post-9/11 zeitgeist.

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Film Review: “Dragon Inn” — A Masterpiece of Martial Arts Cinema

June 4, 2016
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This new restoration of Dragon Inn is not to be missed on the big screen.

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Film Review: “Popstar” — A Chart-busting Comedy

June 4, 2016
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Popstar’s silliness is monumental, and wonderful.

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Fuse Film Review: “The Lobster” — “The Bachelor” Gone Bizarro

June 1, 2016
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Let’s just say that there’s more than just absurdity for absurdity’s sake here — this is an exercise in wry Swiftian satire.

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Film Review: “Dark Horse” — A Dream on Four Legs

June 1, 2016
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The documentary Dark Horse is all cliché and yet it’s OK.

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Book Review: Australian Master Tim Winton — Writer Turned Ecowarrior

May 31, 2016
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Tim Winton’s memoir about how deeply Australia’s landscape shaped him and his writing.

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Classical CD Review: Great Performances — “Under Stalin’s Shadow,” vol. 2 (Deutsche Grammophon)

May 27, 2016
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That Shostakovich left such a musical testament is, in its own way, miraculous; and it continues to speak to us with immediacy and power.

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