In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Matt Hanson
Book Reconsideration: “A Confederacy of Dunces” — Still an American Comic Masterpiece?
A reassessment on the 40th anniversary of A Confederacy of Dunces, a novel that many consider one of the funniest ever written by an American.
Book Review: “The Unsuitable” — A Super Female Superego
The text is littered with accusatory, staccato lines from mama Wince, whose conversations with her daughter achieve Carrie-esque arias of passive aggressiveness.
Book Interview: Zena Hitz on the Pleasures and Values of the Intellectual Life
“We’re at the end, or toward the end, of an extended collapse of the institutions that made it possible for many of us to make a living through intellectual or creative activity. We’ll have to find another way.”
Book Review: “Cleanness” — Eroticism as a State of Being
The embrace of existential uncertainty in Cleanness enhances the reading experience because it helps us to understand what’s vitally important to the narrator.
Television Review: Marc Maron’s “End Times Fun” — Getting Creative About Extinction
One thing that gives Marc Maron’s comedy a certain punch is that he is an equal-opportunity crank.
Music Review: Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”
Bob Dylan’s new song not only articulates the madness that undermines the American experience, but supplies a certain kind of corrective, a tonic, for that kind of insanity.
Book Review: Clive James and the Rewards of Writing Poetry
English writer Ian Shircore’s book-length study gives Clive James’ poems the loving attention they deserve.
Shelter in Place Attractions: June 28 through July 14 — What Will Light Your Home Fires
In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Coming Attractions: March 8 Through 24 — What Will Light Your Fire
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.