Monday, November 25, 2019
Let the unimaginative people diddle around with their baseball cards and stamp collections. This is the kind of irrational, eccentric passion that you will be remembered for.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 12:12PMFor all its cinematic zest and superb acting, The Irishman offers a bleak demonstration of what happens when you sell your soul for too little.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 11:06AMThe charmed trifecta of John Adams, Yuja Wang, and Gustavo Dudamel produced what seemed like a hit, at least to this Boston audience.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 09:54AMSunday, November 24, 2019
Jack Taylor has always been a version of the reluctant detective, but now he seems more impotent than ever -- distracted, beat down, and very tired.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 06:12PMWatershed is an unadorned but stunning addition to the offerings at the deCordoba Sculpture Park and Museum.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 01:42PMThere’s no doubt that the Japan-born composer/pianist/bandleader Satoro Fujii is one of the most prolific recording artists of her time.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 01:42PMSaturday, November 23, 2019
Marianne is one of the slickest horror series I’ve seen on Netflix.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 11:48AMFriday, November 22, 2019
Director Igor Golyak takes major chances in presenting a version of The Seagull that’s self-consciously about The Seagull. And they pay off.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 04:03PMFrolic and Detour contains a few poems that I judge to be instant classics of English-language poetry.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 04:03PMArts Fuse contributor Glenn Rifkin chats about his time with the magazine and his latest book, "Future Forward."
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 01:48PMBiographer James Kaplan was aided by the assistance of Irving Berlin’s two elder daughters, and that makes this biography particularly valuable.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:33AMThis is a brilliant book that comes at a propitious time in our country’s history.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:33AMThursday, November 21, 2019
At a time when Kenneth Branagh busies himself clogging up multiplexes with bombastic Agatha Christie all-star remakes, director/writer Rian Johnson revels in subversion of the genre.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 05:48PMNearly halfway into the set, Twigs finally turned to Magdalene, which casts an empowering light on Jesus Christ’s female companion -- and stands among 2019’s best albums.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 01:54PMBut really, what is a Bob Dylan concert these days if not a case study in transformation?
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:03AMWednesday, November 20, 2019
The Henry Purcell Society proves that playing mad can be a lot of fun.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 03:54PMWe are immersed for 70-minutes in a powerful evocation of the destructive culture created by men who treat women as sex objects.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 11:36AMThese superbly produced -- and sung, played, and conducted -- holiday music albums are perfect stocking stuffers.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMTuesday, November 19, 2019
Michael Tilson Thomas delivers a towering Ives Fourth; pianist Conrad Tao's American Rage is hard-edged and defiant, but also poignant and stirring; Gianandrea Noseda's Shostakovich Fourth i…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 12:24PMMonday, November 18, 2019
What makes Marriage Story unbalanced and faintly dishonest is that we end up rooting for the clueless male egomaniac.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 01:03PMSunday, November 17, 2019
A script with this many characters buzzing about demands a strong cast -- fortunately, Hub Theatre’s terrific ensemble is more than up to the task.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 05:24PMBecause Eliza Griswold's poems often take place in war zones, she’s always provocative -- even when she is tendentious.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 04:03PMArts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 12:33PMA noteworthy recording of Ernst von Dohnányi's Symphony no. 1; as usual, Harry Christophers and the Handel & Haydn Society Play Haydn with their customary elegance and character; a cele…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 12:33PMSaturday, November 16, 2019
Violinist Liza Ferschtman and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra's account of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto lacked nothing for momentum and spirit.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 03:12PMJudy McKie draws on a personal mythology in which animal and plant forms become abstracted yet recognizable, anthropomorphic while remaining strangely primeval.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 03:12PMTerrific, fiery playing from George Li, one of the most compelling young pianists on the scene; Mariss Jansons' recording of Shostakovich's Tenth trudges from start to finish; irrefutable pr…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 08:54AMFriday, November 15, 2019
Tool is going to remain relevant as long as the band can still effectively unleash its nightmare-ish delights for fervid fans.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 06:18PMThese are two practiced masters at free improvisation. I am confident that many listeners will find them as intriguing and accomplished as I do.
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Linked From The Arts Fuse at 12:24PMTwo recent biographies take very different approaches as they revel in the wild lives and examine the distinctive songs of two of rock music’s most enigmatic figures: Lou Reed and Warren Z…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 12:24PMSimon Rattle’s Bruckner is, on the whole, lean and lively; if you’re looking for a new Mahler Four, Vladimir Jurowski's is the one to check out; Thierry Fischer leads performances of eac…
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