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If I suffered half as much from the thought that most art has been lost as I suffer every day from the recollection of departed family and friends, I would be in a mental hospital. In this sense, I found myself resisting the message of “The Melancholy Art,” to the point that I felt that the book was laying a guilt trip on me.
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Audiences knew (or at least thought they knew) something was up, and that something was what made these performers unique.
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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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The spring season has yielded a sizable crop of musical revivals. But how many of them actually bear fruit?
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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 its efforts to cram so much information into so small a space, the narrative becomes unfocused.
Read MoreAt first glance, Oz and Oz-Salzberger’s “Jews and Words” seems to be an unexceptional if elegantly written and occasionally witty contribution to the Jewish bookshelf.
Read MoreIf you haven’t before had the keen pleasure of reading David Foster Wallace, THE PALE KING is a fine gateway drug. Its 550 pages are broken into 50 sections, each digestible on its own without reference to the larger work The Pale King by David Foster Wallace. Little, Brown, 560 pages, $29.99 By Michael de…
Read MoreFuse film critic Tim Jackson picks the best of the past year in movies, a round-up that includes some grievously overlooked documentaries, independent, and foreign films.
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Film Feature: Best Movies of 2018 — With a Few Disappointments
Our demanding critics choose the best (and the most disappointing) films of the year. .
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