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Film Review: “Democracy Through the Looking Glass” — Take a Good Look

July 9, 2017
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The interviewees sound warnings about how we have self-sorted, online and in the real world, into echo-chamber communities of like-minded people.

Rock Concert Review: Singer/Guitarist Jack White — He’s in Love with Rock ‘n’ Roll

February 19, 2025
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The singer/guitarist rolls the dice every night, playing it loose and gritty with drummer Patrick Keeler, bassist Dominic Davis, and keyboardist Bobby Emmett, who deftly hack away at revolving song choices from White’s broad catalog and beyond.

Classical Concert Review: The Boston Symphony Orchestra Plays Wolfe and Górecki

March 17, 2023
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Brimming with edge-of-seat intensity and fist-waving theatricality, Julia Wolfe’s oratorio “Her Story” is the unequivocal highlight of the current BSO season.

Rock Concert Review: The “Remain in Light” Tour — A Very Welcome Revival

March 13, 2023
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The 11-piece group frontloaded its 90-minute set for immediate impact, answering the biggest challenge — replacing the vocal charisma of David Byrne — with a communal approach.

Jazz Album Review: A Solo Excursion by Master Pianist Edward Simon

October 28, 2021
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One of pianist Edward Simon’s strengths is his ability to be simultaneously romantic and clear-headed, precise and suggestive. 

Film Interview: Angelo Madsen Minax’s Cinema of Trans Embodiment

October 7, 2022
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Chaos and anarchy are embedded in Angelo Madsen Minax’s hybrid cinema of survival, acceptance and transcendence.

Fuse Remembrance: Heda Kovaly

December 12, 2010
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Translating what became Under a Cruel Star was a labor of love as well as a work of feminism. There were few memoirs around of a life that spanned Nazism and Stalinism. None was written by a woman. By Helen Epstein. Readers of today’s New York Times found a remarkable story on the obituary page:…

Film Review: Remembrance of Things Zappa

November 17, 2017
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Filmmaker Salvo Cuccia packs a lot into this tightly framed 2014 documentary on Frank Zappa.

Visual Arts Feature: “Schön and Schön: From Generation to Generation”

May 11, 2018
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Everyone should avail themselves of such opportunities for inter-generational collaboration.

Book Review: “The View From Flyover Country” — Sounding the Alarm

May 9, 2018
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If you want to understand what is going on in the United States today, journalist Sarah Kendzior is a good resource.

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