Mechanical as Chic!’s story is, it is rare to have this kind of French fluff put across with so much charm and vivacity.
Museum of Fine Arts
Fuse Film Festival: MFA French Film Fest — Showcasing Two New Deneuve
those who go for things legendarily Gallic, they are offering a real treat; two new films featuring the goddess Catherine Deneuve.
Visual Arts Review: Photographer Gordon Parks — Return to Fort Scott
Back To Fort Scott, a compact, affecting exhibition of meticulously printed black and white photographs, is like a grainy, retro speed bump between the museum’s adjacent galleries.
Film Review: “Voice Over” — It’s All in the Chilean Family
Director Cristián Jiménez treats the melodramatic proceedings with an ironic sense of humor that manages to keep the maudlin at bay.
Film Review: “Casa Grande” – When the 1% Takes a Tumble
In this powerful film, writer-director Fellipe Barbosa asks a number of pointed political and social questions about traumatic transitions.
Visual Arts Review: “National Pride (and Prejudice)” at MFA Boston — Thinking Critically about National Icons
National Pride (and Prejudice) wants us to reexamine the relationship between a country’s iconic images and its not-so-reassuring realities.
Film Review: “Bad Hair” — A Very Good Movie
Mariana Rondón’s Bad Hair is a beautifully acted film about the stultifying pressures on downtrodden lives.
Visual Arts Review: “Goya: Order and Disorder” — A Mountain of Superlatives
Goya: Order and Disorder is likely the most important exhibition on the New England museum calendar for the coming year and then some.
Film Review: Philippe Garrel’s “Jealousy” — The Poignant Return of the Nouvelle Vague
Jealousy is a misleading title for this touching movie, as the characters are less jealous than forlorn when those they love move on to other loves.
Visual Arts Review: Jamie Wyeth at Boston’s MFA — Liberally Peppered with Shlock
Awe-striking passages of deft realism are easy to find throughout the show. Wholly satisfying paintings, resolved from edge to edge and full of convincing purpose, are not.
