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Coming Attractions: January 19 through February 3 — What Will Light Your Fire

January 19, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Television Review: “Aaron Rodgers: Enigma” — An Abstruse Athlete

January 19, 2025
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“Enigma” is as unlike the standard sports documentary as a Cybertruck is to a F-150.

Podcast Interview: Amy Geller and Gerald Peary on Making “The Rabbis Go South”

January 18, 2025
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The Rabbis Go South tells the story of a little-known episode in the fight for desegregation: 16 rabbis were invited by Martin Luther King to be part of the 1964 civil rights march in St. Augustine, Florida.

David Lynch, Prince of Darkness — A Personal Remembrance

January 18, 2025
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It is impossible to think that anyone could have been exposed to David Lynch’s work — its generous vision, so far-reaching in its scope, so recognizably rooted in the modern human condition — and not come away changed, haunted, and awed.

Theater Review – Audra McDonald Dazzles as Mama Rose in a Star-Powered “Gypsy” Revival

January 17, 2025
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In a production filled with emotional intensity, Audra McDonald delivers a powerhouse portrayal that elevates a somewhat uneven staging.

Film Reviews: The Boston Festival of Films from Iran — Veiled Threats

January 17, 2025
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The power of cinema persists at the Boston Festival of Films from Iran.

Theater Review: “Ain’t No Mo’” — Racism as a Surreal Farce

January 16, 2025
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Few could doubt this satire’s relevance, given the alarming results of November’s election: a convicted felon, whose minions lean into racist and sexist tropes, is back in the White House.

Opera Album Review: Racine’s Tragedy “Andromaque” Finds New Life in Rossini’s Splendidly Serious “Ermione”

January 16, 2025
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Another excellent recording from the “Rossini in Wildbad” festival, with spellbinding vocal performances by Congolese tenor Patrick Kabongo and other powerful young singers.

Television Review: Macondo Redux — A Progress Report on Netflix’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude”

January 16, 2025
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Adapting such a monumental work, a novel that is loved by so many, is both ambitious and risky.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

January 15, 2025
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This week’s poem: Clara Burghelea’s “How to resist gluttonous grief”

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