Review

Film Commentary: Blink a Bright Red and Green — “Carol’’’s Holiday Charm

December 21, 2015
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A guide to the symbolic color odyssey that will keep you on your toes if you choose to see Carol more than once (and I’m thinking you will).

Visual Arts Commentary: Finally, Public Art is Booming in Boston

December 21, 2015
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Boston’s visual art ethos has been painfully safe and systemically non-experimental. Thankfully, that is beginning to change.

Classical Album Review: Manfred Honeck conducts Beethoven’s Symphonies nos. 5 and 7

December 20, 2015
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This is truly exciting, world-beating Beethoven, played with gusto and a kind of musical intelligence that you simply can’t take for granted.

Book Review: “The Big Green Tent” — Lives Lived Without Trust, Memorably Conveyed

December 18, 2015
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We root for all of the ordinary folk who survived — and are still surviving even now — one of the bleakest and saddest periods in Russia’s history.

Concert Review: Todd Rundgren Does Some Crowd-Pleasing

December 18, 2015
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Leave it to Todd Rundgren to poke fun at greatest-hits tours in the middle of a greatest-tour.

Music Feature: Joyce Moreno at Berklee

December 17, 2015
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When she composes a song, she said, it’s her guitar, rather than her voice, that “chooses the key. The guitar is the boss.”

The Annual Arts Fuse Holiday Gift Roundup — Tips From Enthusiasts

December 15, 2015
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Wondering about what to give the arts and culture lover on your gift list? No problem — the sage writers for The Arts Fuse come to the rescue.

Theater Review: “Exposed” — A Toothless “Tartuffe” Update

December 14, 2015
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A genuine satirist kicks against all the pricks, relishing that he or she might challenge rather than placate audiences.

Theater Review: Rebel Revels at the Poets’ Theater’s “Beowulf”

December 13, 2015
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Everything in this production been given a Scandinavian flavor – special kudos to prosciutto for playing its role as boar’s meat quite well.

Film Review: “Hitchcock/Truffaut” — A Mixed Homage

December 13, 2015
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The best discussions are of Vertigo, with David Fincher, the most effective directorial voice of all those interviewed, leading the way.

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