181 stories by "Tim Jackson"
Is he a murderer? Is she? Who was the victim? His wife? The mistress? The Blue Room is Gone Girl French style, which means more sex, more art, and more enigma.
The good parts of The Judge make the its missteps more painful to watch.
"The music itself is quite Gothic. It's about murder, and death, and God, not all toe tapping stuff."
"And the pot was very good. I don't know if you want to print that or not."
The Drop's characterizations never go beyond hapless noir archetypes, but sharp dialogue, superb performances, and the unpredictable convolutions of the plot keep the viewer on edge.
Despite a few clichéd moments, Land Ho! is the satisfying product of the natural grace that Aaron Katz and Martha Stephens have developed as filmmakers.
Calvary offers a dark vision to be sure, but every character, for all his or her troubles and cynicism, has a deep need for love and recognition.
Despite Woody Allen's recycling of old ideas and plot points, his actors give such strong characterizations that I tossed my skepticism aside and enjoyed the moonlit ride.
From the start of Get On Up, James Brown's life is reduced to the plastic clichés of music biography.
This kind of faux-inspirational drivel has Hollywood privilege written all over it.
Film critic Roger Ebert was a complicated man and this documentary does a superb job of exploring his different sides, detailing the evolution of his personality over the decades.
Alive Inside, the winner for Best Documentary at the Festival, had the audience gasping and in tears.
Ida proffers a cinematic experience that is austere and mesmerizing.
The clips from both experimental and commercial cinema play well against the interviews from a group directors who are known for pushing boundaries.
Director Alejandro Jodorowsky is a fascinating artist, but this rehash of his own Dadaesque style is lurid, stale, and simplistic.
In Chef, the preparation of delicious food becomes a metaphor for a quest for meaningful life and love.
Two new films take a poetic and fantastical look at the artifice of sensual surfaces to imagine the horrific realities beneath.
Anita Hill's struggle is an essential piece of modern cultural and political history that remains painfully relevant.
What makes Lars von Trier one of cinema's most fascinating directors? It is his willingness to pull out the stops in a riotous search to understand his own mind and ask questions about human…
Director Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel" presents a frenzied feast of lavish and preposterous set pieces, performances, and tall tales.
A trio of superb off Broadway plays explore the complicated faces of love and lust -- from the seamy to the sublime.
With all the writing lately on marriage and happiness, and this being Valentine's Day, and at the risk of being presumptuous, allow me share some accumulated wisdom that allegedly has been g…
Arts Fuse writer Tim Jackson recalls the impact of being in the audience of the "Ed Sullivan Show" fifty years ago.
Hidden among the screenings at this year's Reelabilities: Boston Disabilities Film Festival are two strong tales of individuals overcoming incredible odds.
Is "Her" exploring truths about romance and emotional need? Or is this a creepy look into how far we've surrendered to the infantilizing embrace of technology?
