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Visual Arts Review: Renaissance Sculpture — Colorful for Five Hundred Years

August 15, 2016
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I used to be skeptical of della Robbia sculpture but, after taking in the recently opened exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, I changed my mind.

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Fuse Film Review: “Nuts!” — A Documentary Skeptical About Documentaries

July 24, 2016
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A meta-documentary shows us what viewers really want from the genre, and how problematic that can be.

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Fuse Film Review: “The People vs. Fritz Bauer” — The Trials and Tribulations of a Nazi Hunter

May 3, 2016
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Reality is the driving force behind the suspense in this film’s look at the lurid underbelly of post-war Germany.

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Visual Arts Review: Canadian Painter Lawren Harris — Spirituality, Cold and Hard

March 15, 2016
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Lawren Harris is determined to present a static vision of the top of the continent, a version of nature that is stylized, austere, immobile, and eternal.

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Visual Arts Interview: Matthew Teitelbaum Takes the Helm at Boston’s MFA

October 6, 2015
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Matthew Teitelbaum, 59, may be among the most reluctant employees the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has hired.

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Film Review: “Breathe” — French Teens and the Sins of the Parents

October 3, 2015
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Complex and nuanced, Breathe thankfully owes little to our current assembly line of teen angst flicks.

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Dance Review: Choreographer Paul Taylor’s Extraordinary Domain — on Film

September 16, 2015
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A fascinating documentary in which you get both a Paul Taylor dance and the making of the dance.

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Film Review: “A Swedish Love Story” — The Angst of Desire

June 28, 2015
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In A Swedish Love Story, Roy Andersson muses on the meaning of life, but for the first and last time he expresses his sense of life’s absurdity through an accessible plot line.

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Film Review: The Art of Being Frozen — Two Powerful Films from Roy Andersson

June 26, 2015
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The overriding theme in Roy Andersson’s films is the conflict between human frailty and our delusions of control.

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Film Review: “Party Mix” — Much Ado about Death, Destruction … and Poop

May 23, 2015
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There is no doubt about the creativity in this mix of short films. But are they all suitable fare for eight-year-olds?

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