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Film Commentary: Time Traveling With and Without Woody Allen

June 26, 2011
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Time travel in movies, whether treated as farce or serious sci-fi mind-bending, sometimes excites us by challenging the idea that we’re trapped in a linear chronology from which we cannot escape, racking up regrets, mistakes, and old-age as we go

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — July 30

July 30, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Visual Arts: Where’s Theo? Is that Theo van Gogh in the picture?

June 29, 2011
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Nothing would please me more than to believe the announcement made last week by the Van Gogh Museum, saying that one of the paintings in the museum that has always been called a self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh is in fact a portrait of his brother Theo

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Film Review: “40 Acres” Tills an Apocalyptic Landscape

July 6, 2025
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This is an auspicious feature debut, a doomsday thriller that touches on resonant topical issues.

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Rock Preview: Glenn Hughes Sings Deep Purple — Slightly Unhinged

September 13, 2018
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“I went back and listened to the records and watched videos of performances. I got into character for this,” Glenn Hughes confesses.

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Concert Review: Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at Sanders Theater

May 8, 2018
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Rarely in my experience has Ives’s visionary score sounded so fired with purpose.

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Book Review: “Josephine Baker’s Secret War” — Zouzou in Casablanca

May 4, 2025
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What we don’t learn in “Josephine Baker’s Secret War” was what she did to steel herself against the risks she was taking. Was it all acting? A belief that her charmed life would never end?

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Arts Commentary: Candy Rappers of 2024 — Remembering Candy Darling

January 9, 2025
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It is clear to Candy Darling’s biographer that the present moment contains alarming reminders of the political scapegoating generated by the culture wars of the ’90s. She leaves no doubt that her subject’s difficult, complicated life embodies a cautionary tale.

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Book Review: “Shame” — Racism and the Sins of Paternalistic Liberalism

April 8, 2015
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According to Shelby Steele, white liberals “dissociate” themselves from the past sins of white America by subscribing to the “poetic truth” that the United States is “characterologically evil.”

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Book Review: “The Work of Art” — Capturing the Experience of Creativity

August 5, 2024
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Adam Moss’ book is an inspiring compendium of interviews and profiles of 43 creatives on how they make their work, using iconic examples to illuminate their process.

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