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Shelter in Place Attractions: May 16 through 31– What Will Light Your Home Fires

May 16, 2021
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In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Classical Album Review: Danish String Quartet’s “Prism III” — Exceedingly Fine, Probing, and Exciting

May 16, 2021
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This disc stands comfortably in the company of Beethoven and Bartók performances by the Emerson, Tákacs, Alban Berg, and Juilliard Quartets.

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Film Review: “The Killing of Two Lovers” — Lives of Quiet Desperation

May 14, 2021
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We are subtly drawn into the world of director Robert Machoian’s characters and their emotional honesty.

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Film Review: “Spiral” — One More Spin of the “Saw”

May 14, 2021
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Spiral is content to be a satisfying thriller that mechanically delivers as its murderous pace picks up.

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Music Interview: Juliana Hatfield Talks About “Blood”

May 14, 2021
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In her new album, Juliana Hatfield’s concerns are comeuppance, self-abasement, and the depravity of those who revel in the power to make decisions that can adversely affect others.

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Book Review: “Shooting Midnight Cowboy” — A Very Good Read

May 14, 2021
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What motivated me to read this book? Not for a special love of Midnight Cowboy, a movie which I like but isn’t ultimately important to me. It was to learn about James Leo Herlihy, who has interested me since I was an adolescent.

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Book Review: “Roundabout of Death” — No Safe Havens

May 13, 2021
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The strength of Roundabout of Death lies in its credibility, and in a specificity that defies detail.

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Film Review: The Ventures and The Shadows — Guitar-Driven Instrumental Bands Get the Documentary Treatment

May 13, 2021
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A pair of documentaries about the most popular guitar-driven instrumental bands of all time.

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Book Interview: Translator Brian Nelson on Finally Hearing Émile Zola’s Voice in English

May 12, 2021
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“Why read Zola now? Leaving aside sheer enjoyment of his narrative art, I’d say: because his representation of society’s impact on the individuals within it memorably depicts what it means to be a human being in the modern world.”

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Book Interview: Translator Julie Rose on the Lyrical Power of Émile Zola’s “Doctor Pascal”

May 12, 2021
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Published in August of 2020, Oxford University Press’s English translation of Doctor Pascal marked the first time that Émile Zola’s 20-book Les Rougon-Macquart series was available in print under one publisher.

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