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Film Review: “Weapons” — No Child Left Behind

August 9, 2025
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What sets “Weapons” apart from other films utilizing a puzzle-box approach is  Zach Cregger’s command of tone, a byproduct of honing his skills in sketch comedy.

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Fuse Books: A Few Year End Literary Favorites

December 25, 2011
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As the year nears its end, time is running out to write at length about some of the new books that gave me pleasure. Thus this quick list of favorites. As usual, my taste runs to prose that’s off-the-beaten-path.

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Rock Concert Review: The Australian Pink Floyd Show — A Very Worthy Tribute

August 28, 2019
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I’m able to pull the stick out of my ass long enough to enjoy a tribute performance when it is worthy, and the Australian Pink Floyd Show is more than that.

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Poetry Reviews: Paul Muldoon and Others

November 27, 2021
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Paul Muldoon is anxious to file dispatches from the front lines of Our Lives Now. That is one of the characteristics that separates him from most other poets writing today.

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Book Review: Fighting the Good Fight for the Press — Publishing the Pentagon Papers

November 29, 2013
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As the individual who quite possibly had the best seats in the house for the monumental legal battle that unfolded over the course of a few weeks in the summer of 1971, James Goodale provers invaluable morsels of insight and information.

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Music Commentary: The Mess at the Met

July 27, 2014
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What’s clear is that something needs to give and, after nearly thirty-five years of labor-management harmony, it’s apparent that the Met’s problems start at the top.

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Book Review: “The Law of the Land” — How Geography Influenced the Constitution

August 11, 2015
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It is nice to know that there is someone as cultivated and enthusiastic about constitutional history as Professor Akhil Reed Amar.

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Film Review: A Powerful “Black Mass” — We have our Whitey Bulger Movie

September 19, 2015
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When they watch Black Mass what are Bostonians seeing? A strange blend of reality and mythology.

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Music Feature: The Tedeschi Trucks Band — Home for the Holidays

December 1, 2019
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The Tedeschi Trucks Band is capping another remarkable year of transition and growth, some of it spurred by tragedy.

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Theater Review: “The Cake” — Not a Sugary Culture Clash

June 26, 2018
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The Cake is a smart, stinging, and eerily timely comedy that feels timeless.

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