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Film Review: “Fences” — The Tragedy of Walls

December 27, 2016
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This excellent film version of the play Fences meets (even exceeds) the considerable demands of August Wilson’s script.

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Film Commentary: The Somerville Theatre’s 70 mm Festival — When the Movies Were Really Big

September 16, 2016
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These cinematic eyefuls will rouse you from the ennui you’re feeling these days, brought on by too many binge sessions watching Netflix.

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Film Commentary: “The Bishop’s Wife” — Realistic Christmas Sentiment

December 15, 2013
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Though disguised in holiday trappings, 1947’s “The Bishop’s Wife” is about human frailty, thwarted ambition, and the humble rewards that accompany doing the right thing.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — April 11

April 11, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Theater Review: “Rapture, Blister, Burn” Snaps, Crackles, and Pops

June 1, 2013
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“Rapture, Blister, Burn” feels less like an exploration of feminism today than a clever sitcom pilot that won’t be able to sustain its jokes for an entire season.

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Theater Review: “Clybourne Park” — Chafing at the Raw Wound of Racism

March 8, 2013
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In Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer prize-winning play “Clybourne Park,” resentment and racism chafe at the thin veneer of polite pleasantries.

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Book Review: “Ghost Geographies” — Dark but Magical Stories of the Dispossessed and the Stateless

January 26, 2022
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Tamas Dobozy is an anarchist in the best sense of the word: it’s not chaos he’s enamored of but a way of life untrammeled by political oppression, bureaucratic horrors, legal absurdities.

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Film Review: “Rocketman” — A Musical Fantasy

June 2, 2019
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This fantasy musical is unexpectedly moving, a driven and musically satisfying experience for serious Elton John fans.

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Film Review: “Mr. Jones” — Independent Journalism Is a Very Good Thing

June 24, 2020
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Director Agnieszka Holland deftly presents a vision of genocide that is hard-hitting but never manipulative: the horror pervades the monochrome beauty of snow, skeletal trees, and pale, sunken faces.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “The Staircase”

July 4, 2022
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This series presents a compelling perspective on the relativity of determining crime and punishment.

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