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Jazz Album Reviews: Kris Davis and James Brandon Lewis — Top of the Crop

September 4, 2023
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September releases from Kris Davis and James Brandon Lewis are sure to be among the best jazz albums of the year.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — August 1

August 1, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Film Review: “The Mother and the Whore” — Not By Words Alone

September 1, 2023
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“The Mother and the Whore” is a film about failure: its characters are pushed towards misery not only by their own flaws, but by the failure of the ‘60s to deliver a promised revolution.

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Book Review: “Fruitlands” — New England Utopia Gone Wrong

December 13, 2010
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You can understand why historian and novelist Richard Francis became attached to this quixotic piece of New England history. It’s got an amazing cast of colorful characters, and dramatic rivalries that involve contests over land, love, money, and sex. Fruitlands: The Alcott Family and Their Search for Utopia by Richard Francis. Yale University Press, 344…

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Film Review: “Sylvio” and “Tormenting the Hen” at the IFFBoston

April 27, 2017
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The absurdist comedy Sylvio suffers from chronic low energy, but Tormenting the Hen is mysterious and magnetic.

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Film Review: “Youth”—A Moving Meditation on Time, Art, and the Body

December 11, 2015
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Ruminations on age and memory are inevitably sunk deep into the flesh and the glue of personal relationships.

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Theater Review: “Top Girls” — As Brilliant and Harsh As Ever

May 1, 2018
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Top Girls’ conflicts and political themes seem more relevant than ever in this excellent production.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — January 29

January 29, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Theater Review: Two Plays About Desperate People, Members of the 47%

September 29, 2012
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The questions at stake are good ones and not asked very often in contemporary plays: why do some win and others lose in America? And what are the responsibilities of the haves and the have-nots?

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Book Review: “The Lioness of Boston” — The Mystery Remains

September 17, 2023
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Too often, “Lioness” reads like a digest of Boston tourist guides and historical surveys, at times even seeming to quote them directly.

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