David Stewart

Film Feature: Favorite Fiction Features Directed by Women — An International Poll

April 22, 2022
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The result of critics polled for their Ten Favorite Fiction Features Directed by Women — with the choices of Arts Fuse reviewers.

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Film Interview: Foster Hirsch on “Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King”

November 4, 2021
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“I’m hoping people will revisit Otto Preminger’s movies because he made some of the best films ever made in America.”

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May Short Fuses – Materia Critica

May 9, 2021
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Film (Part Two)

April 15, 2021
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1971 gave us bursts of magnificent cinematic iconoclasm that had no future — culturally or politically.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Film (Part One)

March 26, 2021
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If you like your films “weird, sexually provocative, and intellectually stimulating” (add violence to the mix) then our critics will feed your appetite splendidly.

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Film Review: The Soulful Comic Legacy of John Belushi

October 20, 2020
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Belushi is a warts-and-all look at one of comedy’s raging bulls.

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Film Review: “Feels Good Man” — A Far Right Frog-napping

September 9, 2020
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Feels Good Man is a provocative, entertaining, and moving documentary about an artist trying to retain his identity along with the innocence of the cartoon character he created.

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Book Review: “Chasing the Light” — The Agitated Life of Oliver Stone

August 4, 2020
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Filmmaker Oliver Stone’s memoir is an exhilarating primer for anyone who wants to understand his reputation as a writer and director.

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Film Review: CREEM on Top — The Story of America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine

August 2, 2020
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The documentary is about “the power of the community and how rock and roll, and music in general, is worth fighting for: sometimes that means doing it yourself.”

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