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The omniscient narrator in Natura Morta is flawlessly neutral, allowing the images, minimal action, and characters’ reactions to the events of this single day in a Roman square to tell the story.
Read MoreKris Adams is one of those singers who can do amazing things without ostentatious showiness.
Read MoreAt times, David Thomson’s movie criticism resembles the approach of old-school British critics (the Walter Pater or John Ruskin variety) who didn’t mind occasionally cutting loose from being erudite to waxing lyrical.
Read MoreArts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.
Read MoreWomen are the dominant force in “Amaluna.” They command the evening’s whirligig of a stage as aerialists, clowns, musicians, dancers, and contortionists.
Read MoreWhat is perhaps most astonishing is that the Lorelei Ensemble seems, in its current formation, like the most natural of phenomena.
Read MoreThe reason these films are in this series is because of their color, and they do not disappoint.
Read MoreThe life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against ugliness. — the late Massimo Vignelli
Read MoreBay Staters, be warned – we are living in a state without an official rock song. Luckily, if we pitch in, we can help the government solve this problem.
Read MoreEschewing harrowing realistic description, Jean Echenoz adopts a jocular sardonic approach to the most gruesome battlefield realities.
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Holiday Commentary: Making Room for the Stranger