Patriots Day provides an intimate view of a heart-stopping week.
Paul Dervis
Theater Review: Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s “Doctor Who” and “Alpha 66”
Cyndi Freeman and Brad Lawrence are accomplishing their mission: to bring the lowbrow entertainment of yesterday to the highbrow viewers of today.
Fuse Theater Review: “Autumn Stage” — Being and Plenty of Nothingness
By the end, Autumn Stage comes off as a pint-sized No Exit.
Theater Review: “About Clarence & Me” — Dreams of Friendship
About Clarence & Me looks tenderly … perhaps too tenderly …at some pertinent contemporary issues.
Theater Review: In New York, A World of Women’s Voices
This fledgling stage troupe aspires to raise a call to arms.
Film Review: “Captain Fantastic” — Living Well Off the Grid
Until its closing scenes, Captain Fantastic takes a complex look at the wisdom of bucking the system or joining in.
Film Review: “Our Kind of Traitor” — Spies Left Out in the Cold
Our Kind of Traitor provides plenty of agreeably tense entertainment.
Fuse Film Review: “Swiss Army Man” — Way Down the Rabbit Hole
Swiss Army Man is much more than your standard absurd adolescent comedy or a campy send-up of the genre.
Film Review: “Genius”? Oh, Really?
Unfortunately for Genius, film is a visual medium, not a talking heads snore fest.
Fuse Film Review: “Me Before You” — More Than Your Standard Tearjerker
Time after time, when the cheap and easy outcome is there for the plucking, Me Before You ditches the teary payoffs.