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Arts Fuse critics select some of the most promising in music, theater, and film for the coming week. A new feature!
Read MoreIt turns out that budding arts writers are anxious to learn how to master the demanding nuts and bolts of reviewing, especially given how few examples of first-rate criticism can be found in the increasingly all-thumbs mainstream media.
Read MoreIn the end, William Kamkwamba’s story in “William and the Windmill” is deeply inspirational. As the saying goes, talent is universal, opportunity is not.
Read More“Fifty Shades of Grey”‘s infamous “red room of pain,” where Christian Grey keeps his S&M tools neat and clean, is never displayed, while none of the novel’s dominant-submissive sexual fetishes are exploited for sly laughs.
Read MoreRachel Hadas’ poems present deceptively calm surfaces, like a lake that hides its rich inner life beneath bright reflections of clouds and blue sky.
Read MoreDramatizing the essence of punk was Bradford Cox’s chief goal while composing “Monomania,” which he describes as a “very avant-garde rock & roll record.”
Read MoreIt may be only a movie, but in his book “Film after Film,” former Village Voice writer J. Hoberman proves he isn’t just a movie critic.
Read More“Gonna Make a Record in the Month of May” — May 2013 and Why This Year Already Beats 2012
Read More“From Denmark with Love” is playwright John J. King’s amusing mash-up of Shakespeare’s Danish tragedy and Ian Fleming’s Secret Agent 007.
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Stage Commentary: The Need for a Theater of Transformation
Theater taught me how to draw parallels, to condense, to delete triviality and to recognize significance.
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