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Doc Talk: 2023’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival — Inviting Outrage and Action

June 8, 2023
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Reasons to be outraged and hopeful at this year’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

June 8, 2023
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This week’s poem: Joseph Torra’s “Sunrise Over Gerrit’s House”.

Book Review: John Fulton’s “The Flounder” — A Testament to Human Resilience

June 7, 2023
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In The Flounder, John Fulton is clearly at the top of his game. His prose has that rare thing — a sense of intimacy.

Film Review: “The Museum of the Revolution” – Mother and Child in a Mausoleum of Socialism

June 6, 2023
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The Museum of the Revolution resonates with other powerful documentaries that feel like fairy tales set in a dangerous world.

Visual Arts Review: “Van Gogh’s Cypresses” – Seeing the Forest for the Trees

June 6, 2023
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Ah, the trees! They are the focal point, the organizing principle, of this tight exhibition, which in three parts tracks Van Gogh’s productive yet challenging sojourn in southern France, from Arles to Saint-Rémy.

Jazz Album Review: Hailey Brinnel’s “Beautiful Tomorrow” — Lots of Contagious Fun

June 6, 2023
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Fans of Postmodern Jukebox and the swing revival will enjoy this album, as will any jazz fan who appreciates taut small-group arrangements and terse, focused solos.

Film Review: “A Difficult Life” – A Satiric Italian Gem About a Likable Rogue

June 5, 2023
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The first American release of a 1961 Italian comic treasure that spoofs corruption in postwar Italy.

Film Reviews: “Past Lives” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” — Jorge Luis Borges Was There First

June 4, 2023
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Multiplication and division in two disparate films (and one short story)

Opera Album Review: A Fittingly Fresh First Recording of a Flexible One-Acter by Donizetti’s Teacher

June 4, 2023
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Johann Simon Mayr’s delicious L’Accademia di musica gets a spiffy performance from the “Rossini in Wildbad” Festival.

Coming Attractions: June 4 through 20 — What Will Light Your Fire

June 4, 2023
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Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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