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Visual Arts Review: “Landmarks” at Williams College Museum of Art — Losing Your Way

March 1, 2020
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The Ruskinian mantra of “truth to nature” was eventually upended by the development of digital imagery and the agile manipulations of Photoshop.

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Film Interview: Talking to Autumn de Wilde and Anya Taylor-Joy about “Emma.”

February 28, 2020
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A comical version of Jane Austen is coming our way via Autumn de Wilde’s Emma.

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Film Review: “The Lodge” — The Horror of Indoors

February 25, 2020
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The Lodge suggests that our money, social privilege, and carefully-crafted stability are not enough to keep the wolves from the door, or to protect us from the dangers that lurk indoors.

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Book Review: Miranda Popkey’s “Topics of Conversation” — A Bemused Candor

January 21, 2020
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What you will be impressed by is the strength of the interior thinking, the detailing of the voices sorting out their confusion.

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Opera Review: Ready for a Very Different “Faust”? You Should Be!

December 3, 2019
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Even taking into consideration my several objections, this Faust is one of the most accomplished and intriguing opera releases of recent years.

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Theater Review: “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead” — Absurdist Death Pangs

October 2, 2019
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Much ado about nihilism.

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Theater Review: Bedlam’s “Crucible” — Burn, Baby, Burn

September 23, 2019
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Bedlam’s provocative production of The Crucible has a purpose — to urge us all to stand up and shout down the devils in our midst.

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Visual Arts Review: Play It Loud — Admiring the Tools that Made the Tunes

May 20, 2019
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Play It Loud is porn for musicians and fans who fetishize the tools of the trade.

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Theater Review: “Dragon Lady” — One Badass Matriarch

March 28, 2019
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Dragon Lady ‘s power lies partly in its existential authenticity, the power of the personal.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — December 26

December 26, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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