Review

Visual Arts Feature: The Lower East Side Tenement Museum — History, with Contradictions

April 17, 2016
Posted in , ,

The founders of the Tenement Museum would have been pleased to see visitors drawing parallels both with the immigration headlines in the news.

Visual Arts Review: Cyberarts Presents the Beauty of BioArt

April 15, 2016
Posted in , ,

Membrane: Biology and Art is a wonderfully conceived and curated show.

Fuse Film Review: A Kibosh on “Krisha”

April 15, 2016
Posted in , ,

Krisha feels as if it was pretty much made-up-on-the-spot, the narrative’s improvisations left in the hands of clueless amateurs.

Film Review: “A Married Woman” — Beautifully Empty-headed

April 15, 2016
Posted in , ,

I appreciate the effort to bring back this rarely seen early Godard. But there are reasons this movie hasn’t been previously revived.

Theater Review: “Mr. Burns” at the Lyric Stage — Not so Electrifying

April 14, 2016
Posted in , ,

Anne Washburn has a number of good ideas in this play, but the execution falls short.

Book Review: “Movie Freak” — A Critic Who Doesn’t Hold Back

April 13, 2016
Posted in , , ,

If Owen Gleiberman has any complaint against today’s world of criticism it’s that everyone seems to be speaking in one voice.

Fuse Concert Review: Mozart and Beethoven from the Handel & Haydn Society

April 12, 2016
Posted in , , ,

Working within the forms perfected by Haydn and Mozart, Beethoven early compositions managed to say some things that remain compelling to hear.

Theater Review: “Can You Forgive Her?” — Not Really

April 12, 2016
Posted in , ,

Gina Gionfriddo’s would-be black comedy about the American worship of money and status is a misfire on all levels.

Film Review: “Demolition” — Destruction Made Fascinating

April 11, 2016
Posted in , ,

Demolition eschews the conventional, spinning its way to a completely unforeseen yet beautifully apt conclusion.

Dance Review: Redefining Bling

April 11, 2016
Posted in , ,

The dancers in Yanira Castro’s company, a canary torsi, learned historically correct period movements.

Recent Posts

Popular Posts

Categories

Archives