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Film Review: “To Sleep With Anger” — The Devil’s Temptations

March 15, 2019
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To Sleep with Anger is a masterpiece, a powerful reminder that, however seductive the devil might be, he can be overcome.

Concert Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s “Glass Works”

February 20, 2017
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It was a treat to experience Philip Glass’s orchestral music live and in-person.

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — June 22

June 22, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

Arts Commentary: The Declining State of the Art of Arts Journalism

February 13, 2024
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Theater critics, film reviewers, A&E editors, and arts columnists have been stripped from our dailies and weeklies. Why should you care? Oscar Wilde warned that an age without criticism is “an age that possesses no art at all.”

Classical CD Reviews: Dvorak Overtures (Pentatone) and “Dawn to Dust” (Reference Recordings)

April 20, 2016
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It’s no secret that 2016 has already been a strong year for albums featuring new and recent music: now things get even better.

Film Commentary: The Cinema of Japanese Mikio Naruse — Pitfalls of Desire

September 28, 2005
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By Betsy Sherman The films of the neglected Japanese master Mikio Naruse spotlight the plight of women on the margins of society. “Mikio Naruse: A Centennial Tribute” will be screened from Sept. 28 through Oct. 30, 2005 at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA and from Sept. 30 through Oct. 10, 2005 at…

Highlife Lowdown

March 14, 2006
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Two excellent books, one by Boston rocker Jen Trynin, plumb the insides of the worlds of jazz and rock ‘n’ roll.

Book Review: “War Diary” — When Dread Replaces the Everyday

April 16, 2023
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Ukrainian writer, artist and photographer Yevgenia Belorusets’ diary blends the visceral with the mundane, showing just how quickly dread replaces everyday life.

Book Review: “My Stupid Intentions” — The Heartbreaking Bildungsroman of a Beech Marten

June 13, 2023
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The fox knows many things in My Stupid Intentions. The beech marten just one.

Film Review: “The Fallen Idol” — Through the Eyes of a Child

June 10, 2016
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The Fallen Idol is one of the best achieved examples in cinema of seeing the world through the eyes of a child.

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