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Book Review: The Poetic Vision of Larry Eigner — A Gravitational Aesthetic Force Field

February 7, 2024
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Jennifer Bartlett’s fine biography is a capstone to a steady solidification of respect for this innovative poet’s art and legacy.

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Classical CD Reviews: James MacMillan conducts Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, and Britten and Boston Lyric Opera’s “Clemency”

July 30, 2015
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Two recent albums feature compositions by James MacMillan, one of Europe’s leading composers, as well as an opportunity to hear him conducting.

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Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

April 27, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

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Opera Review: An Uneven “Clemency” at the Boston Lyric Opera Annex

February 9, 2013
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Composer James MacMillan’s musical strategy in this opera is a stylistic patchwork that seems to mean to convey that each character inhabits a different, mutually misunderstood world.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — April 2

April 2, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Film Review: “Destroyer” — A Jolting Ride

January 11, 2019
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This hardscrabble crime thriller is also a powerfully subtle character study.

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Classical Album Review: “Opalescent” from the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

April 27, 2022
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Opalescent’s overriding aspect is celebratory – but from a variety of angles.

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Coming Attractions: April 7 through 23 — What Will Light Your Fire

April 7, 2024
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Coming Attractions: October 23 through November 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 23, 2022
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As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in. Frankenstein (1931) Somerville Theatre at 2 p.m. on October 23 This iconic horror film from 1931 screens today with a live…

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Film Review: “The Northman” — You-Are-There with the Viking Beserkers, Nuttiness and Magic Galore

April 25, 2022
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The Northman is grounded in a manically precise capture of the Nordic world of the 9th century AD, but refracted through the lens of a whacked-out visionary in a spew of eye-popping images.

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