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Fuse Film Review: Running as a “Dark Horse” in the American Cinema

August 19, 2012
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Todd Solondz’s lack of commercial appeal as a filmmaker is understandable. His movies deal overtly with some of the most uncomfortable aspects of American life.

Book Review: Natasha Trethewey’s “The House of Being” — Safeguarding the Imagination

April 9, 2024
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Protecting the imagination — whether our own or others — means encouraging questions about whose voice isn’t being heard and why, whose words are being erased, and whose stories unsettle the status quo.

Arts Remembrance: Film Critic Michael Wilmington — A Memory

January 13, 2022
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Remembering film critic Michael Wilmington, a unique guy, and friend, whom I knew for 53 years.

Book Review: “Robert E. Lee and Me” — An Incomplete Reckoning

May 16, 2021
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This is a noble effort to reconcile with the Southern past — but are suggested changes in nomenclature — rather than statements of moral and political clarity — good enough?

Film Review: 2019 Oscar-nominated Best Documentary Shorts — Wrestling With Death

February 15, 2019
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It is safe to predict that the winner in this category will be one of the entries that squares off against mortality.

Fuse Book Review: Novelist Jay McInerney — Nimble Chronicler of America’s Upper Class

August 18, 2016
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Jay McInerney’s characters may live on exotic mixed drinks and fine wines, but they still suffer moral dilemmas and have consciences they cannot silence.

Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — French Threads

March 20, 2015
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New York and Paris both respected innovation, but Paris demanded that the new have a certain style.

Music Feature: Longy School of Music of Bard College — Going Strong at 100

May 20, 2016
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Celebrating Longy’s rich past has been a big part of the school’s focus these past months.

Rock Preview: Gov’t Mule — Very Much on the Move

August 7, 2022
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“One of the positives to come out of this whole [pandemic lockdown] experience is that everyone found out what is important in their lives. Those of us who love music realized just how special it is.”

Stage Commentary: “The Boston Globe” to Boston Theater — Drop Dead?

November 28, 2017
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Critics were once seen as the ‘canaries in the mineshaft’ — now newspapers and magazines are closing down the mines.

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