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Fuse Film Feature: Confessions of a Movie Critic — Waiting for His Next Close-up

January 30, 2014
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Who doesn’t want to be in a movie?

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The Fuse in London: Jazz Festival, Diary 4

November 18, 2010
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One of the primary reasons I’m in London is to hear Martial Solal play in person. He’s had sporadic exposure in the US, always to acclaim. But the acclaim never lasts because he rarely performs on the opposite side of the Atlantic and his American commercial releases are infrequent. By Steve Elman Quick, can you…

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Dance Review: Jessica Lang Dance’s “The Wanderer” — Beware the Brook

August 3, 2015
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Perhaps there’s no way to reproduce the subtlety of this work in the theater today. Our stages are so materialistic, so technological.

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Theater Review: “Hold These Truths” — Powerful Political Drama

June 3, 2019
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The play’s disparate elements have been blended into a riveting drama, energetically directed by Lisa Rothe, and nimbly performed by Joel de la Fuente.

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Critic Commentary: “My Basketball Retirement”

November 25, 2017
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After 36 years of twice-a-week pickup basketball at the Cambridge Y at Central Square, I recently cleared my locker and said adieu.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

July 12, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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Book Review: Three Splendid Volumes Filled with the Cool, the Wicked, and the Amazing

November 10, 2022
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It’s hard to convey what a benison these books have been to me, as I’ve read them in my narrow, monkish bed late into the night.

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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2021

December 23, 2021
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Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year.

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Book Review: Filmmakers and Their Opinions — as Told to Critic Gerald Peary  

February 13, 2024
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New cinematic mavericks have come along. All the more reason that the views of earlier rebels be collected and preserved, given the short historical memories of young filmmakers and their audiences.

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Film Commentary — Roger Ebert: A Contrarian View

April 9, 2013
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What Roger Ebert was was a very hard-working, daily journalist who, as he should, watched thousands of movies and wrote about them in a very clear, concise, fairly interesting but obvious way.

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