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World War II

Book Review: “V2” — Robert Harris’s Gentler, Kinder World War II

This is history from a distance. Harris’s characters feel more real when they’re working out the equations that will make a missile fly or fall than when they’re fleeing a double agent or a misfiring rocket.

By: Clea Simon Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Clea Simon, Robert Harris, V2, World War II

Film Review: “The Painted Bird” — A Memorable Vision of the Worst That Can Be Imagined

The Painted Bird is a coming-of-age story populated by the worst of humankind.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Holocaust, Jerzy Kosiński, Petr Kotlár, The Painted Bird, Václav Marhoul, World War II

Theater Review: “Hold These Truths” — A Vital Lesson

Hold These Truths is an invaluable reminder that alternative facts are not a new thing.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Asian-American internment, Benny Sato Ambush, Hold These Truths, Japanese internment, Jeanne Sakata, Jubilith Moore, Lyric Stage Company, Michael Hisamoto, World War II

Film Review: “The King’s Choice” — Norway’s Stand Against Hitler

The King’s Choice is a thoughtful nail-biter, a suspenseful historical drama.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Erik Poppe, Norway, Peg Aloi, The King's Choice, World War II

Film Review: “Dunkirk” — Overwhelming Immediacy

The Wermacht cut its swathe through France at a rate that amazed Winston Churchill in no small part because it was on speed.

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich, Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk, Norman Ohler, World War II

Film Review: “Dunkirk” — An Epic Celebration of the Communal Spirit

Dunkirk is a rousing testament to how common people, when called, can unite against adversity.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk, World War II

Fuse Book Review: “A Hero of France” — An Insider’s Guide to the French Resistance

Alan Furst’s books are spy thrillers infused with a crisp, rather than a flowery, literary sensibility.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: A Hero of France, Alan Furst, France, French Resistance, historical fiction, Thomas Filbin, World War II

Theater Review: “Copenhagen”—A Dazzling Production Conceals Moral Confusion

Despite the dazzling rewards of this virtuoso Underground Railway Theater production, Copenhagen short circuits its central theme.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: atomic bomb, Copenhagen, Eric Tucker, Michael Frayn, Niels Bohr, nuclear power, Underground Railway Theater, Werner Heisenberg, World War II

Theater Review: “The Wakeville Stories” – Theater as Civic Ritual

Dramatist Laurence Carr has a gift for vivid characterization and for creating a concrete sense of time and place.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: America, Kristin Dwyer, Laurence Carr, Matty Mae Theater Project, Somerville Veterans Memorial Cemetery, The Wakeville Stories, Veterans, World War II

Book Review: The Sad Tenderness of Patrick Modiano’s “Dora Bruder”

Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano understands that time periods can mesh, interpenetrate, layer up, blend, and blur naturally in the mind.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, World Books Tagged: Dora Bruder, french, Jews, Parsian, Patrick Modiano, translation, University of California Press, World War II

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