Coming Attractions
Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.
The Arts Fuse Currents
Music
Reviews of live performances by bands led by flutist and composer Jamie Baum and saxophonist Miguel Zenón.
Visual Arts
“Taking a Line for a Walk: Alexander Calder & Paul Klee” and “An Imagined Dialogue: Alberto Giacometti & Mark Rothko” are touching reminders of the remarkable kindness inherent in making art – the desire to reach across time and space to offer something to another.
Film
Film Review: Echoes of Passion — Arnaud Desplechin’s “Two Pianos” Plays on the Keys of Loss and Love
Here’s a drama that explores with uncommon pathos the ways that people confront—with grace or with fury—what they’re compelled to give up.
Books
Two new biographies spotlight women whose remarkable achievements have enriched our understanding of our world.
Poetry at The Arts Fuse
The week’s poem: Chad Parenteau’s “Disown”
Dance
The question was how well these mid-20th century works would hold up and how, with the passing of time, those dances would look to both familiar and fresh eyes.
Theater
Is anyone surprised that playwrights like Kearnan are creating works that show us women who are resourceful — and ready to fight back against their oppressors?
Television
Considering its hard-to-fault premise, Peacock’s “The ‘Burbs” should be a lot more fun than it is.
Podcasts
On the cusp of the Academy Awards and the Oscars ceremony, host Elizabeth Howard talks with Aldo Juraidini, design director at Studio Rodrigo, who also directs and curates films for Cinema Rodrigo.
Short Fuses
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Spotlight
The artist is a glitzy ribbon that ties together incompatible images—the mega-prison and the megastar.
About the Arts Fuse
The Arts Fuse was established in June, 2007 as a curated, independent online arts magazine dedicated to publishing in-depth criticism, along with high quality previews, interviews, and commentaries. The publication's over 70 freelance critics (many of them with decades of experience) cover dance, film, food, literature, music, television, theater, video games, and visual arts. Support arts coverage that believes that culture matters.
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