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The current lockdown gives me an opportunity to recognize TV shows whose brilliance has been overlooked.
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In Infinity Pool, people who are dead inside essentially play with their own corpses as shiny, new toys. The savagery of that idea is, simply, delicious.
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Bergman Island is a curious, intelligent film that suffers from a disappointing breakdown.
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Visions Take Flight is one of those rarest of accomplishments: a contemporary music album that’s a sheer joy to listen to, from start to finish. And John Cage on guitar? Why not?
Read MoreIs “Her” exploring truths about romance and emotional need? Or is this a creepy look into how far we’ve surrendered to the infantilizing embrace of technology?
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The more we hear Jane Fonda’s homilies about needing to be “whole” and “self-actualize” the more her personal journey sounds more like a succession of carefully calculated branding exercises.
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Jazz Commentary: Chet Baker — The Climax of Cool
For most of its history, jazz has been a macho culture. Sexual ambiguity or gay-ness were subjects of derision.
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