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Book Review: A. B. Yehoshua’s “The Extra” — A Genius for Dissecting Family Matters

June 27, 2016
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This canny writer is concerned with the kind of complicated family relationships that engaged his Jewish literary forebears.

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Film Review: “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” — Unapologetic Romanticism

February 2, 2018
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The most compelling reason to see this film is Annette Bening’s performance as Gloria Grahame — it’s perfect.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — November 16

November 16, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Book Review: “Natura Morta” — A Powerful Still Life in Prose

June 2, 2014
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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.

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Book Review: “Hollywood’s Imperial Wars” — Darkness Visible

April 16, 2024
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“Hollywood’s Imperial Wars” is at its best as a bold and informative survey of the movies that the studios felt it was “credibly possible” for them to make after Vietnam.

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Commentary: “Deluge” — How Vermont Survived Tropical Storm Irene

September 4, 2013
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I fully support the themes that Peggy Shinn explores, articulated in Deluge’s subtitle: this one small state did save itself.

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Fuse Dance Review: Birds in the Hands — “The Firebird”

June 21, 2016
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The coincidence of two Firebirds in one weekend suggested a Compare-and-Contrast exercise.

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Coming Attractions: December 16 Through January 1 — What Will Light Your Fire

December 16, 2018
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Coming Attractions: June 13 through 29 — What Will Light Your Fire

June 13, 2021
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As the age of COVID-19 wanes, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music. Please check with venues if the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Book Review: Miranda July’s “The First Bad Man” — Transforming the Ordinary into the Extraordinary

January 13, 2015
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Miranda July’s originality of vision rests on an acute (and astute) awareness of the cosmic and the quotidian.

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