Joann Green Breuer

Fuse Movie Review: BJFF 2011 — A Summing Up

November 17, 2011
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The Boston Jewish Film Festival saves one of its best films, “Mabul,” for last, and some final thoughts on this year’s line-up of movies.

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Fuse Movie Review: More Reviews of the Boston Jewish Film Festival

November 13, 2011
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More comments on the films in this year’s Boston Jewish Film Festival, including “Dolphin Boy”, an uneven documentary about dolphins and healing, and “Dusk,” one of the finest films in the festival.

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Fuse Movie Review: The BJFF Continues — More Critical Responses

November 12, 2011
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More comments on the movies in this year’s Boston Jewish Film Festival, including “Standing Silent,” a powerful documentary on child abuse in the orthodox Jewish community and an effective adaptation of David Grossman’s novel “The Book of Intimate Grammar.”

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Fuse Film Review: Boston Jewish Film Festival — Update

November 8, 2011
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More pithy reviews of Boston Jewish Film Festival fare, including some reflections on entries in the Short Films Competition.

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Movie Review: Boston Jewish Film Festival — Neighbors Near and Far

November 5, 2011
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Congratulations to the Boston Jewish Film Festival are certainly due to its longevity and general quality.

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Theater Review: Not Enough Political Heat in “The Kitchen”

October 26, 2011
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National Theatre director Bijan Sheibani chose artistry of movement, beautiful as it is, over the battering belittlement of really hard, unappreciated work, the facts of sweat and stupor.

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Fuse Theater Review: The Tennessee Williams Theater Festival Turns a Healthy Six

September 26, 2011
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The quality varies at the TWTF, but here is a chance to become aware of rarely done Williams plays. And if a production does not measure up to one’s expectations, the effort will inspire a few sturdy directors to try their own hand at these and other texts of America’s most eloquent poet-playwright.

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Theater Review: An Epic Tale of Pursuer and Pursued — NT Live’s “Frankenstein”

March 25, 2011
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In this compelling stage version of “Frankenstein,” urgency of revenge pushes forward, murder upon murder. Creature and Doctor merge in immorality. Both are playing God in their command of life and death. Sharing roles is the meaning of this theatrical experience. This is their message and their show.

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Theater Commentary: Tennessee Williams at 100 — A Few Personal Thoughts

March 24, 2011
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Director and woman as I am, I would love to see A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, even The Rose Tattoo, cast with all men. Then I would push some courageous director to attempt to prove on stage that Williams’s final plays are not the work of a declining talent, but…

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Fuse Theater/Book Review: An Inspiring Defense Of Why Theater is Necessary

March 12, 2011
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In The Necessity of Theater, author Paul Woodruff makes way for wisdom as theater’s final gift. In his view, theater’s wisdom lies in its use of the mask, and that mask is the sine qua non of meaning. The mask must conceal, if only to reveal.   The Necessity of Theater: The Art of Watching…

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