9+ hour, 32+ min ago  (1732+ words) Compiled by Arts Fuse Editor Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in. The play has a notable performance history: a Los Angeles…...

10+ hour, 44+ min ago  (655+ words) A decade after Fever Daydream, the band's return transforms moody electronics into a surging, physical spectacle. Musicians who land a good thing " artistically pleasing, commercially viable " tend to stick with it for as long as possible. Sometimes, too long. Singer…...

10+ hour, 56+ min ago  (779+ words) Film Review: "I Love Boosters" " Stealing Style, Seizing Power The Arts Fuse Film Review: "I Love Boosters" " Stealing Style, Seizing Power Boots Riley fuses anti-capitalist critique with surrealist comedy, imagining revolt as both necessity and joy. I Love Boosters, directed…...

14+ hour, 43+ min ago  (402+ words) Anne-Sophie Mutter's latest album sidesteps easy binaries, pairing Widmann's mercurial Beethoven study with works by Chin, Darvishi, and Ad's in performances of striking authority. On its surface, the title of Anne-Sophie Mutter's new album, East Meets West, is a little…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (392+ words) This substantial collection of the writings of classical music critic Michael Steinberg'evokes a time when critics educated, provoked, and helped build cultural life. Defending the Music: Michael Steinberg at the Boston Globe, 1964-76. Edited by Susan Feder, Jacob Jahiel, and Marc…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (595+ words) The Arts Fuse Concert Review: The Renaissance String Quartet and the Sounds of Friendship A compelling program of Donald Hass, Florence Price, and Brahms reveals ensemble precision and deeply felt musical dialogue. When composer Daniel Hass wrote his String Quartet…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (728+ words) The Arts Fuse Television Review: Apple TV's "Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed" Delivers Anxiety, Not Ecstasy Tatiana Maslany anchors a cluttered but compulsively watchable thriller about cam culture, murder, and a very stressed-out mom. Apple TV seems to be going through its…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (121+ words) Archival releases document the contrasting styles and shared brilliance of pianists Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal, Thelonious Monk, and Cecil Taylor on the bandstand. Bill Evans: At the BBC, March 19, 1965 (3 LPs, Elemental) Ahmad Jamal, At the Jazz Showcase: Live in Chicago…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (492+ words) Book Review: "Sounds Like Trouble to Me" " The Damage Prisons Do artsfuse. org Book Review: "Sounds Like Trouble to Me" " The Damage Prisons Do Jean Trounstine's debut blends hard-won insight with high drama in a prison story of guilt, resistance,…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (641+ words) artsfuse. org Film Review: "Friend" or Foliage? Visually beguiling, Silent Friend probes the mysteries of consciousness, but it has little on its mind. Silent Friend. Directed by Ildik" Enyedi. With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, and L'a Seydoux. Screening at…...