Saturday, March 13, 2021
It is difficult to think of a harder-working actor or one more devoted to his craft.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMSaturday, November 23, 2019
Marianne is one of the slickest horror series I’ve seen on Netflix.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:48AMSunday, October 20, 2019
If Castle Rock is intended to be a commentary on Trump’s not-so-great America, well, what better genre than horror to spread the angst?
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:48PMTuesday, October 15, 2019
Like Breaking Bad, El Camino subtly suggests that justice is a relative concept.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:24PMSaturday, September 28, 2019
Jake Brennan’s unique blend of humor and horror generates very entertaining stories about some of the most shocking crimes committed by various icons of rock, pop, and punk music.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:33PMTuesday, September 17, 2019
This clever Japanese zombie film is a spirited attempt to blow up and reinvigorate the genre.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:33PMFriday, September 13, 2019
Linda Ronstadt was every young female singer’s aspirational goddess: if you could nail “You’re No Good” or “Blue Bayou” in the car or the shower, you had practiced a lot.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:48PMThursday, September 5, 2019
Satanic Panic is a crazy ride, managing along the way to poke fun at the lifestyles of the rich and bored, reminding us that decadence among the upper classes is very scary indeed.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:33PMFriday, August 23, 2019
William McGregor has crafted a remarkable debut feature, a notable addition to the burgeoning crop of indie folk horror offerings.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:48AMSaturday, August 17, 2019
The Nightingale serves as both a powerful exploration of the past (from the perspective of the exploited) and a gripping vision of resilience in the face of unfathomable hate, greed, and cru…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:03AMTuesday, August 13, 2019
feels both cautionary and elegiac; it is obviously relevant in these times of extremism and the rise of small town tyrannies.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:06PMFriday, August 9, 2019
Following a very compelling second season, the series seems to be losing its edge, slightly, though only intermittently.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:24PMSaturday, August 3, 2019
A genre debut as self-assured as Luz is always exciting.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMSaturday, July 13, 2019
Despite Dark’s complicated structure, the characters are motivated by utterly realistic desires and emotions, which balance the show’s more abstract elements.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:32AMTuesday, July 2, 2019
People versed in modern witchcraft or paganism may recognize some of the themes examined in Midsommar, but what I found most fascinating was the pronounced emphasis on female sexuality.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:03AMSunday, June 30, 2019
Ophelia is moving, intoxicating, haunting: the most visually pleasurable film I’ve seen so far this year.
The post Film Review: “Ophelia” is Revisionist, Romantic, Ravishing appeared f…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:42PMFriday, June 21, 2019
Jamestown is a vividly timely reminder that anyone who calls themselves an “American” is actually descended from immigrants.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:42PMFriday, June 14, 2019
All three episodes have intriguing storylines, with plenty of human pathos and drama: but I admit to finding the first and third episodes a bit too digitally-focused for my taste.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMThursday, May 30, 2019
Killing Eve is a smart, funny, and often shocking exploration of the complex psychologies of women leading dangerous lives, for whom killing comes much easier than it ought to.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:06PMSunday, April 21, 2019
In space, no one can hear you go extinct.
The post Film Review: “High Life” — Messy, Earthy Existentialism, In Outer Space appeared first on The Arts Fuse.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:09AMThursday, April 11, 2019
Most of the films selected will be shown in 35mm, making the visual experience as invigorating to watch as the music will be to listen to.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:29AMMonday, April 8, 2019
The Wind explores the fears that beset even strong, capable women stuck struggling for survival without community or social contact.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:54AMSaturday, April 6, 2019
The series presents plausible, relatable social situations within a weird, dark, quasi-magical framework.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:01PMSaturday, March 30, 2019
These satanists are far less concerned with organizing decadent ceremonies (though there is a fair bit of that, and it’s thrilling to behold) than they are with exposing corruption and hyp…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:53PMFriday, March 15, 2019
In Transit, Christian Petzold explores why the ghosts of Europe’s troubled past are stirring once more.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:40PMFriday, March 8, 2019
Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria is a landscape of the shadowy feminine, steeped in ancient magic, willful evil, and the cyclical round-de-lay of death and rebirth.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:02PMSaturday, March 2, 2019
This is a finely-selected sampling of what some accomplished women filmmakers offered in 2018.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:41PMTuesday, February 26, 2019
On an elemental level, Stanley Donen’s films epitomize what we think of when we think of the best of Hollywood cinema.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:57AMTuesday, February 19, 2019
This season of True Detective explores the figure of the cop as a permanently haunted man.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:42PMThursday, February 14, 2019
Russian Doll is television made to be savored.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:42PMFriday, February 8, 2019
Arctic avoids existential symbolism for the sake of expressing authentic emotions, most of them thanks to Mads Mikkelsen’s performance, a quiet tour de force.
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