Tuesday, December 2, 2025
One of the great playwrights of the 20th century, the drama of Tom Stoppard reflected a distinctive talent -- he wrote to entertain, but with intellectual rigor.
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Both Stereophonic and Babemake compelling drama out of the volatile world of pop music-making.
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Isaac Butler's stories about The Method's effect on American film acting are insightful, particularly when he recounts how actors could be either inspired or angered when they embraced it.
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In dealing with the turmoil of 'real' life, the art of illusion found in cinemas, theaters, and museums will help us regain a sense of who we are as communal beings.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 6, 2019
About the post-Reagan era, Boston Phoenix and Boston After Dark editor, Arnie Reisman, observes: "Everything went to sleep, and while we were sleeping, the Republican Party grew six more hea…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 24, 2019
Despite some glimmers of hope, By the Grace of God will not be an easy film for anyone -- for loyal believers, for those disillusioned by the church, for anyone who has suffered from abuse.
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Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles is nothing if not provocative fodder for a cinematic niche: the animated feature sheds intriguing light on one of the major film directors of the 20…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:42PM[SHARE]Friday, September 27, 2019
As Judy Garland, Renée Zellweger is in a movie that doesn't match her fine performance.
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Why has Downton Abbey, the film and the series, been so successful? We are given a romanticized version of essential 'Britishness,' a nostalgic version of the class system.
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The Nightingale delivers an indelible vision of inhumanity perpetuated by colonialism and white privilege.
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Under the Silver Lake would be infuriating were its Charlie Kaufman-inspired adventures not so entertaining.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:24PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 13, 2019
This is a perfect guilty pleasure, an old fashion B-movie without a franchise, explosions, overly recognizable actors, or exhausting mano a mano violence.
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Finding independent films that may or may not receive wider distribution, as well as talking to filmmakers anxious to answer questions about their work, are great reasons to travel to the P…
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The Dead Don't Die is a satiric trifle, but a cleverly amusing one.
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This screening of Carl Dreyer's classic film will offer some exceptional, and exciting, musical strengths.
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In Photograph, embracing your roots can nurture love -- in very unexpected ways.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 16, 2019
The Chaperone plays like a sanitized look at female independence and love for the prudish over-50s crowd.
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Us is a comic-horror allegory about the revolution of the underclass.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:09PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 19, 2019
When you play music onstage with someone over the decades you know what they're thinking with a single glance.
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Climax may be the director's most fully realized attempt so far to suggest a state of madness onscreen.
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Despite the soap opera details, Everybody Knows never becomes implausible.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 21, 2018
The Favourite may be a raucous historical lampoon -- but it is a timely one.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 28, 2018
Border memorably skims the border between reality and the supernatural, respecting the irreconcilable division between the civilized and the perverse.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:12AM[SHARE]Friday, October 19, 2018
What is distinctive about Jane Gillooly's superb documentary is its patient unfolding of the history of discrimination in a specific area.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:42PM[SHARE]These are not stodgy actresses, but a diverse of group of women proffering salty temperaments, glowing façades, and the exquisite articulation that reflects decades on the stage.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:04AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 29, 2018
Ethan Hawke's goal as an artist is to connect meaningfully with the world -- avoiding artifice is essential in terms of his acting, directing, and writing.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 8, 2018
BlacKkKlansman is a fiery polemic on America's long history of bigotry and racism, establishing a through-line that leads to the intolerance of the current president.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:12PM[SHARE]Friday, June 22, 2018
A quartet of standout movies, the best of the just ended Provincetown Film Festival.
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This effort is the most 'Hollywood' score the BSFO has created yet, a plush musical carpet for The Man Who Laughs's emotional high and lows.
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This time around, as both a writer and director, Paul Schrader has a found a story, and the artistic restraint, to convey his elevated vision. First Reformed, directed by Paul Schrader, scre…
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Chappaquiddick may satisfy some for whom Ted Kennedy was overdue for a comeuppance.
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