• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • About
  • Donate

The Arts Fuse

Boston's Online Arts Magazine: Dance, Film, Literature, Music, Theater, and more

  • Podcasts
  • Coming Attractions
  • Reviews
  • Short Fuses
  • Interviews
  • Commentary
  • The Arts
    • Performing Arts
      • Dance
      • Music
      • Theater
    • Other
      • Books
      • Film
      • Food
      • Television
      • Visual Arts

Whitey-Bulger

Film Review: “Black Mass” — Oh, What Could Have Been

Rarely is an actor so completely miscast in such a pivotal role.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Billy Bulger, Boston, Johnny-Depp, Mass, Paul Dervis, Scott Cooper, Somerville, Whitey-Bulger

Film Review: A Powerful “Black Mass” — We have our Whitey Bulger Movie

When they watch Black Mass what are Bostonians seeing? A strange blend of reality and mythology.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Billy Bulger, Black Mass, Boston, Johnny-Depp, Scott Cooper, Somerville, Whitey-Bulger

Fuse News: “The Boston Phoenix” Goes Down Ugly

The once proudly and authentically counter-cultural paper The Boston Phoenix went out ugly, fawning on mobster Whitey Bulger.

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: Short Fuse, The Boston Phoenix, Whitey-Bulger

Book Commentary: The Scam of Mobster Memoirs

Crime memoirs about Irish mobster Whitey Bulger have become a corrupt and pathetic cottage industry.  By Jay Atkinson A large, jowly, humorless man of 49, Kevin Weeks, the one-time go-fer and strong arm for the notorious Boston crime boss, James Whitey Bulger, hurt and maimed people for a living. While his boss ran most of […]

By: Jay Atkinson Filed Under: Books, Commentary Tagged: & Memoirs, Crime, Whitey-Bulger

Primary Sidebar

Search

Popular Posts

  • Jazz Commentary: Billy Cobham, Then and Now — An Awesome Jazz Drummer Billy Cobham plays right on top of the beat, and his gr... posted on January 4, 2023
  • The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll: A Profusion of Geniuses This is the 17th annual edition of the Francis Davis Ja... posted on January 6, 2023
  • Film Feature: Best Music Documentaries of 2022 2022 in music documentaries: Ten worth streaming, plus... posted on December 31, 2022
  • Theater Review: The Proudly Woke “Some Like It Hot” Musical Is a Genuine Blast Some Like It Hot is a terrifically entertaining – and t... posted on January 3, 2023
  • The 17th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll — My Poll Without Me This most recent poll also proves the worth of the poll... posted on January 6, 2023

Social

Follow us:

Footer

  • About Us
  • Advertising/Underwriting
  • Syndication
  • Media Resources
  • Editors and Contributors

We Are

Boston’s online arts magazine since 2007. Powered by 70+ experts and writers.

Follow Us

Monthly Archives

Categories

"Use the point of your pen, not the feather." -- Jonathan Swift

Copyright © 2023 · The Arts Fuse - All Rights Reserved · Website by Stephanie Franz