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Visual Arts Review: The Indispensable American Artist Fairfield Porter

August 4, 2011
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On bad days, I tell people that as far as I’m concerned, New York museums can all go to hell until one of them gives more substantial attention to Fairfield Porter as well as to give a solo show to Jane Freilicher.

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Film Commentary: “Daughters of the Dust” Restored — Bold Black Filmmaking

January 8, 2017
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The restoration and re-issue of Julie Dash’s masterpiece is a valuable reminder that black female filmmakers are still woefully unsung.

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Theater Review: “My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend” — Simple and Profound

May 3, 2017
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My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend is a joyous delight, an irresistible reminder that time flies.

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Television Commentary: “The Sopranos” 20 Years Later — American Viciousness, Legitimized

February 13, 2019
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I find it a little disturbing how The Soprano’s themes seem to have culminated in the election of our current President.

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Classical Commentary: “Rethinking the Repertoire” — An Introduction

September 29, 2015
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It’s one of the enduring ironies of classical music that so much of today’s repertoire was written by such a small number of people..

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Jazz Concert Review: “Samara Joy: A Joyful Holiday” — A Prodigious Joy

December 9, 2023
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Samara Joy uncorked her gospel pipes, the likes of which probably haven’t been heard on mainstream secular stages since Aretha Franklin.

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Television Review: “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” — A Nicholas Sparks Take on the Holocaust

May 8, 2024
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What are we supposed to feel as we are pulled from horror to melodrama to comedy?

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Film Review: “The Soccer Football Movie” — A Full-On Weirdo Camp Fest

November 21, 2022
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Sometimes, cartoons should just be aimed at kids. The Soccer Football Movie has no pretensions: this is a glorious goof fest that draws on the hallowed tradition of slapstick comedy.

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THE ARTS FUSE TURNS 15! — Support the Magazine

May 31, 2022
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Please help us bring the arts and culture community roaring back to life by supporting this magazine and its independent coverage.

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Poetry Review: Yvan Goll’s “Dreamweed” — Visions of a Shape-shifter

November 16, 2012
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Yvan Goll may be the great shape-shifter, the Zelig, of twentieth-century poetry.

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