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Film Review: “High-Rise” — Concrete Meltdown

May 13, 2016
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High-Rise‘s urban apocalypse is laid on thick. One wishes for a modern existence that is not quite so alienating.

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Theater Review: “RoosevElvis” — Antic Americana

May 13, 2016
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RoosevElvis turns out to a sort of slaphappy homage to two American legends, a genial romp that sticks to stereotypes.

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Fuse Film Review: “Elstree 1976” — Hearing from the Minor Gods in the “Star Wars” Pantheon

May 12, 2016
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The director approaches his Star Wars interviewees with obvious glee, but he’s also on a quest.

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Book Review: “Anger and Forgiveness” — Curb Your Choler

May 11, 2016
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Although Anger and Forgiveness is a work of systematic philosophy it is also provocatively personal.

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Theater Review: Zeitgeist Stage’s “A Great Wilderness” — Revelations in the Woods

May 11, 2016
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A Great Wilderness dramatizes the plight of a believer who is forced to face a powerful truth about himself — that he has probably wasted his life.

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Film Review: “Primaria” — A Penetrating View of the Cuban Ballet System

May 10, 2016
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Oh, it’s a strange world, ballet — filled with rituals and practices that Mary Jane Doherty captures with sharp-eyed grace.

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Theater Review: “Freud’s Last Session” — Dramatically Repressed

May 9, 2016
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When it comes to dramatic debate, balanced parry and thrust are paramount.

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Fuse Dance Review: Four Flavors — “Mirrors” at Boston Ballet

May 9, 2016
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What interested me about Bitches Brew was the chance to discover how choreographer Karole Armitage re-rigs classical ballet steps.

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Fuse Concert Review: Radius Ensemble’s Season Finale

May 9, 2016
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The Rasas are but the latest in a series of remarkable scores John Harbison has been turning out over his eighth decade.

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Book Review: Writer Delmore Schwartz — New Directions Gives His Volatile Brilliance its Due

May 7, 2016
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Once and For All asserts the value of Delmore Schwartz’s provocative and multifaceted literary legacy.

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