Month: August 2013
Intellectual frameworks such as “the rise of Europe,” “the decline of the East,” or “the clash of civilizations,” tell us more about the laziness of the human mind than they do about history.
Read MoreAmanda Seyfried gives a sensitive performance as Linda Lovelace; Peter Sarsgaard is chilling as Chuck Traynor, the abusive husband who saw her as sex-object and potential money-making machine.
Read MoreArts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that’s coming up this week.
Read MoreOverall, Elysium is an entertaining distraction posing as a meaningful global allegory.
Read MoreThis entertaining and provocative work, made in 1981 by the now 85-year-old director, fits into his oeuvre as a complement to his best known movie among American art-film fans, 1974’s Céline and Julie Go Boating.
Read MoreThe current revival of Laughing Stock, directed again by the playwright, has softer edges than I remember in the earlier one, played with fluidity rather than crackle.
Read MoreThere’s a festival just about every weekend, it seems. The newest is The Nines Festival.
Read MoreOlympia Dukakis makes good on her desire to evoke the weakness the indomitable Mother Courage fights so hard to cover up: the actress conveys the highs and lows of this gargantuan character with enormous power.
Read MoreStaged readings are a win-win situation for everyone concerned.
Read MoreNourishments is an emphatic musical statement from a seasoned bandleader, returning to the front of a traditional quintet.
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