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Film Review: “The Lesson” — The Tutor, the Writer, His Wife, and Her Son

July 8, 2023
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“The Lesson” is well-crafted, infused with nervy suspense and an almost Gothic sense of unease.

Opera Album Review: Two Surrealistically Delightful One-Acts

July 8, 2023
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Bohuslav Martinů, one of the greatest Czech-born composers, reveals a dark-comic sensibility in his rarely performed “Knife” and “Bridge” operas.

Television Review: “The Horror of Dolores Roach” — The Curse of the Magic Hands

July 7, 2023
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“The Horror of Dolores Roach” is a captivating mixture of horror, suspense, and comedy that proves we haven’t come all that far from the class-fueled injustices of Victorian England.

Film Review: “Lynch/Oz” — Nobody’s in Kansas Anymore

July 7, 2023
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“Lynch/Oz” roams from The Yellow Brick Road to “Mulholland Drive”.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

July 6, 2023
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This week’s poem — an excerpt from Edmund Berrigan’s “Things to do on the Lower East Side in the late 70s and 80s.”

Book and Jazz Album Review: Henry Threadgill Explains It All For You

July 5, 2023
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer eludes easy categorization, but Henry Threadgill’s new memoir — and his latest recording — take a step in defining his singular artistic personality.

Jazz Album Review: “An Evening with Ron Carter and Richard Galliano” — Delightful

July 5, 2023
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The clarity and focus of Ron Carter’s bass is exemplary here, as is the balance with Richard Galliano’s accordion.

Book Review: “Halcyon” — Plodding Speculative History

July 4, 2023
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How could such a multitalented guy go so wrong with such a clever concept? It wasn’t easy.

Dance Review: The Mark Morris Dance Group Presents “The Look of Love”

July 4, 2023
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Given the infectious and embracing music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Mark Morris’s The Look of Love will most likely be regarded as among his most accessible and popular dances.

Opera Album Review: Old Enough to Be New Again — A Staggeringly Beautiful Recording

July 4, 2023
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This recording of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Psyché provides non-stop pleasure and delights, thanks to the latest developments in early-music performance practice.

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