Friday, May 20, 2016
The film and the book are all in good fun, in the spirit of "mocking affection" that is a part of Whit Stillman's artistic vision
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:32PM[SHARE]Friday, May 6, 2016
The IFFBoston's commitment to films about marginalized communities is turning the festival into an essential cultural event.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:55AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 28, 2016
The Guys Next Door is about gently opening hearts and minds: it delicately demonstrates through one small story how easy it would be to recognize our common humanity.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:16PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 27, 2016
Xavier Giannoli's Marguerite is a wonderful study of delusion and illusion, the deceptive power of love and faith.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:50AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 13, 2016
Embrace of the Serpent presents a world where nature and dreams provide the most satisfying answers; logic and science are besides the elemental point.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:15PM[SHARE]Friday, March 11, 2016
I admire director Terrence Malick for continuing to jettison staid storytelling for the sake of exploring his dense moral vision.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:50PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 3, 2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is based on Kim Barker's account of her experience as a journalist and single woman in Afghanistan.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:54PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 27, 2016
The movie plays all sides equally, providing no answers, no favorites, no villains, no heroes. Everybody's motives and ethics are in question.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:26AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 11, 2016
The lightheartedness of the writing and Moore's unkempt look are jarring, but the film effectively delivers lessons about progressive policies.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:12PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
The Hateful Eight is Quentin Tarantino's nimbly textured love letter to B movies.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:11PM[SHARE]Friday, December 11, 2015
Ruminations on age and memory are inevitably sunk deep into the flesh and the glue of personal relationships.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 12, 2015
Brooklyn's script neatly consolidates the novel's trials and tribulations without becoming too saccharine.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:08PM[SHARE]Alice Rohrwacher's film, which won the Grand Prix at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, is a rarity -- it is genuinely magical.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:55AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Sara Silverman throws herself into depicting Laney's mental illness and out-of-control life.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:22PM[SHARE]Monday, September 28, 2015
The actors draw you in, so there is no need for extraneous exposition as the film carefully examines the ironies of the Brazilian class system.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 19, 2015
When they watch Black Mass what are Bostonians seeing? A strange blend of reality and mythology.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:31AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 27, 2015
"An Annie Baker pause is about the people themselves, beating themselves up, figuring out what to say next."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:36AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 15, 2015
Ricki and the Flash is a film that is bad enough to hurt a lot of reputations.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:15AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 9, 2015
Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker's John is a haunting feminist drama about women and madness.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 30, 2015
The entertaining and inspiring Jimmy's Hall is more playful than some of director Ken Loach's previous, more radical-leaning efforts.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:10PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 11, 2015
A quartet of summer films that range from the excellent to the not-so-bad and the ugly.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:19PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 25, 2015
Reviews of four strong independent films that may -- or may not -- be coming to a screen near you.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:49AM[SHARE]Friday, June 19, 2015
The impish comedy and refreshingly realistic perspective of Dope questions easy answers to pressing racial problems.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 11, 2015
The Safdie brothers are willing to look at hard truths, creating a movie that retains the immediacy and the tragedy of addiction.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:14AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 24, 2015
Making Archie's Betty compelled Gerald Peary to confront his inner Archie: "The more I made this movie, the more personal it got.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:13PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 19, 2015
The revolution may be televised, but it is also going to be packaged and sold back to us.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:58PM[SHARE]Friday, May 8, 2015
It is Kristin Wiig's committed performance, along with director Shira Piven's skill at comic timing, that grounds the satiric comedy's absurd premise.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:42PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 2, 2015
Lambert & Stamp will resonate with musicians who have experienced the volatile give-and-take that is needed to sustain and nurture a rock and roll band.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:01PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 18, 2015
"We've let too many valuable creative people leave for Brooklyn, Austin, and Portland. We need to do something about that."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 18, 2015
The puckish, irrepressible personality of James Randi -- magician, escape artist, debunker of seers, psychics, and all things paranormal -- is at the zesty heart of this memorable documentar…
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