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Film Commentary: Drive-Ins May Save Our Sanity this Summer

May 22, 2020
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The sensory delights of drive-ins have been pretty well forgotten in an age when watching movies has meant never leaving the comfort of your living room.

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Theater Review: “The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?” — Greek Tragedy, Updated to Shock

May 28, 2019
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Edward Albee’s provocative theatrical exercise is far trickier to realize onstage than it is to appreciate on paper.

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Poetry Review: Paul Celan — The Anguish of Writing in a “Damaged” Tongue

December 9, 2020
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Poet Paul Celan has come to embody in person and in print the agonies of a half century of European culture.

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Film Review: “Miss Juneteenth” — Hope Is Heart-wrenching

June 20, 2020
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There is a gemlike quality to this film: an emotional, earthbound portrayal of the lived experience of a black woman — fighting to make ends meet, retaining her integrity despite repeated indignities.

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Television Review: “Glickman” — A Rousing Sports Biography

August 26, 2013
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Before he was a broadcaster, Mary Glickman was one heck of an athlete, a youthful hero in New York known as “the Jewish Red Grange.”

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The Arts on Stamps of the World —October 11

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

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Film Review: “The Second Mother” — A Sensitive Study of Class Consciousness in Brazil

September 28, 2015
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The actors draw you in, so there is no need for extraneous exposition as the film carefully examines the ironies of the Brazilian class system.

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Film Review: “Madeline’s Madeline” — Life Intensifies Art

September 14, 2018
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Indie filmmaker Josephine Decker creates a brilliant showcase for Helena Howard, whose performance is electrifying.

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Film Feature: More Top Movies of 2018

December 30, 2018
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We need Blindspotting. It’s an eye-opening, indispensable film, and the year’s crowning artistic achievement.

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September Short Fuses — Materia Critica

September 3, 2024
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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