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If the creators of Flesh and Bone want to whip upanother trite soap opera, that’s their prerogative. But hush about the “realism.”
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
Yet another cinematic variation on Mary Shelley’s novel—and this one too often opts for slick jolts of adrenaline over credibility.
Creed easily taps into the sensibility and adrenaline of the original Rocky.
The Flamin’ Groovies in a nutshell — doubling as a rock institution and the best party band in town.
Even without museum commentary, Native Fashion Now is an important show – visually, socially, and politically.
Trumbo is content to be a potted history lesson rather than a thought-provoking work of art.
Laurie Anderson’s abstract drawings, 8mm documentary, found footage, and scratched-on celluloid are combined in a frequently mesmerizing way.
The humor of Toole’s novel, its enjoyment of puncturing surfaces and pretensions, has been reduced to punch-line humor and one-liners.

Book Review: Michel Houellebecq and the Wages of “Submission”
If you’ve recently been mourning the end of the Novel of Ideas—take heart. And dig in, for Submission offers a smorgasbord.
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