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Book Review: “Colossus” — Swimming With the Snakes

April 27, 2026
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Ross Barkan is a good enough of a writer to have avoided the trap of making this novel just an anti-Trump protest.

Fest Review: IFFBoston Shorts — Part Four

April 26, 2026
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Part four of a run-down of live-action narrative shorts. As usual for the IFFBoston, the quality is high, with intriguing subject matter and technical polish.

Coming Attractions: April 26 Through May 11 — What Will Light Your Fire

April 26, 2026
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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.

Film Festival Reviews: Berlin — A Vampire Returns and a Fascist Invasion Revisited

April 26, 2026
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The Berlin International Film Festival had two major premieres this year — a vampire parade and a war saga in Ethiopia.

Fest Review: IFFBoston Shorts — Part Three

April 25, 2026
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Part three of a run-down of live-action narrative shorts. As usual for the IFFBoston, the quality is high, with intriguing subject matter and technical polish.

Local Author Interview: “Love Is What We Carry” — Andrew Krivak on Storytelling, Memory, and “Mule Boy”

April 25, 2026
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In conversation, Andrew Krivak discusses inherited grief, immigrant roots, and the novel’s unusual form.

Fest Review: IFFBoston Shorts — Part Two

April 24, 2026
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Part two of a run-down of live-action narrative shorts. As usual for the IFFBoston, the quality is high, with intriguing subject matter and technical polish.

Fest Review: IFFBoston Shorts — Part One

April 23, 2026
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Part one of a run-down of live-action narrative shorts. As usual for the IFFBoston, the quality is high, with intriguing subject matter and technical polish.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

April 23, 2026
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This week’s poem: Serena Solin’s from “The Squint”

Theater Review: “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” and “Masquerade” – What a Bold Concept Can and Can’t Do for Andrew Lloyd Webber

April 23, 2026
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Two productions set out to reinvent Andrew Lloyd Webber’s back catalog. Only one of them succeeds.

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