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Theater Review: “Casa Valentina”—Dovetailing Hilarity and Heartbreak

November 2, 2015
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Casa Valentina’s dramatic weight comes from how skillfully the cast explores the tensions that swirl about the subject of who is gay, who is straight, and what is legal.

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Film Review/Commentary: “Goodnight Mommy”—We Have Met the Enemy and He is Ours

November 1, 2015
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Two recent horror films know what they are doing: they are intelligent, clever, original, and genuinely disturbing.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

November 1, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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Concert Review: Pianist Fred Hersch—A Wonder of a Soloist

October 31, 2015
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As a soloist, Fred Hersch is a wonder: he plays with an active, to the point of restless, two-handed style that sweeps a listener along with its lyrical fervor.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Everything Between Us” — A Protestant Perspective On The Troubles

October 31, 2015
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David Ireland’s use of coded sectarian language helps him paint a vivid picture of the Belfast his characters call home.

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Theater Review: “Choice” — Call Ghostbusters

October 30, 2015
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It is hard to figure out just what playwright Winnie Holzman is up to in Choice: is this a supernatural sit-com?

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Film Review: “Jafar Panahi’s Taxi”—Iranian Trials and Tribulations on the Road

October 30, 2015
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Jafar Panahi’s Taxi is a winning, happy, unhappy, humane little road movie.

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Book Review: Victorian Fairy Tales—Sprites Against Realism

October 30, 2015
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What seems to animate many of the fairy tales is a heady freedom from the constraints of realism.

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Rock Interview: Ian Anderson on “Jethro Tull: The Rock Opera”

October 30, 2015
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“This is JETHRO TULL!, expressed proudly in bold terms. And then ‘the rock opera,’ said in an embarrassed whisper.”

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Visual Arts Review: Neue Galerie’s “Berlin Metropolis”—Overwhelming But Outstanding

October 29, 2015
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This is a strong exhibit that succeeds in conveying a sense of what it was like to live during the 1920s in this exciting capital.

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