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Arts Commentary: Remembering the Culture Wars of the ’90s

December 8, 2022
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Freedom of expression is a more precious commodity than taste. Conservative critics were very clear about their moral imperative; they confidently vilified artists and terrorized institutions. No one won the culture wars — we lost them.

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Film Review: “The Long Walk” — A Vicious But Timely Parable

September 13, 2025
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Audiences prefer that political messages be buried under heaps of horror, but this film may be extreme enough to alert some viewers to look beneath the bloody spectacle.

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Coming Attractions: January 19 through February 3 — What Will Light Your Fire

January 19, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Theater Review: Theatre Nohgaku — Noh Plays With and Without an American Accent

April 19, 2016
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Zahdi Dates and Poppies demonstrates that the formal aspects of Noh can be adapted to contemporary American themes.

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Book Review: “V2” — Robert Harris’s Gentler, Kinder World War II

November 19, 2020
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This is history from a distance. Harris’s characters feel more real when they’re working out the equations that will make a missile fly or fall than when they’re fleeing a double agent or a misfiring rocket.

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October Short Fuses — Materia Critica

October 1, 2023
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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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April Short Fuses — Materia Critica

April 2, 2023
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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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Coming Attractions: September 24 through October 10 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 24, 2017
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Book Review: Using Words as Weapons — Alain Mabanckou’s Tribute to James Baldwin

March 11, 2015
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Like James Baldwin, Alain Mabanckou is striving to see beyond comforting or righteous notions and grasp a world full of movement, migration, diversity, and unexpected mixtures.

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Book Review: Clearing the Sill of the World — Thoughts on Ellen Wilbur’s Stories

April 15, 2025
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With visionary daring, Elllen Wilbur leads us into unexpected corners, then transcends them profoundly and beyond expectation. Such stories are more than “moral fictions.” They are soul-shakers.

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