Review

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Film Review: “Chevalier” — Memorable Macho Madness

May 27, 2016
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Chevalier is a hilarious but unapologetic glimpse into bad behavior among men who fancy themselves among society’s elite.

Fuse Theater Review: “Presto Change-O” — Magic With a Punch

May 27, 2016
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This character-driven comedy about three generations of illusionists is light as a bauble, yet packs a subtle psychological punch.

Theater Review: Peter Pan Prequel — A Little Too Heavy to Take Off

May 26, 2016
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At the Lyric Stage Company, Peter and the Starcatcher charms, but doesn’t quite take flight.

Fuse Food Review: “Yeeros” — A Splendidly Traditional Gyro Joint

May 26, 2016
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What fun to have meat carved off the revolving spit!

Stage Review: In The Body of the World — Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Worlds

May 25, 2016
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This is a rich evening of theater because it takes up social and psychological problems that aren’t ordinarily addressed on our stages.

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