This is a band as capable of being as spry and unpredictable in its 12th year as it was in its first.
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Dance Review: “What Problem?” — Bill T. Jones’s Angel of History
The struggle is to define what the problem is – and to allow the questions to have big, destabilizing, and more honest answers.
Coming Attractions: October 23 through November 8 — What Will Light Your Fire
As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in. Frankenstein (1931) Somerville Theatre at 2 p.m. on October 23 This iconic horror film from 1931 screens today with a live […]
Jazz Album Review: Kirsten Lambert, “From A Window To A Screen” — Tomorrow’s Standards Today
Sultry, smart, and sweet, From a Window To A Screen will be a perfect accompaniment to romantic winter nights.
Concert Review: Europa Galante — Baroque Music Aficionados Take Note
Europa Galante is small enough to make touring financially viable, yet large enough to successfully undertake “larger” works in a variety of venues.
Film Review: “My Best Friend’s Exorcism” — Wasted Bandwidth
There’s no real engagement with the ’80s, so this attempt at horror/comedy is politically and emotionally inert, profoundly unfunny and pathetically un-scary.
Film Retrospective: “Early Kiarostami” — One of Cinema’s Great Humanist Auteurs
Abbas Kiarostami was the most important filmmaker to come out of the New Iranian Cinema movement, which spawned works that became staples in film festivals worldwide from the late ’80s on.
Coming Attractions: August 14 through 30 — What Will Light Your Fire
As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Opera Album Review: Surprise! Michael Haydn — Joseph’s Brother — Proves to Be a Fine Opera Composer
This “serenata” (or chamber opera) with characters from Graeco-Roman mythology receives an elegant world-premiere recording that may bring a major composer out from the shadows.
Film Review: Tribeca Film Festival 2022 — A Satire from Germany and Two More Fine Documentaries
I wrote last week that the best films at the Tribeca Film Festival tended to be documentaries. Then I saw a scripted German film that turned out to be an exception.