Tim Jackson

Film Review: “Frances Ha” — An Indie Classic That Celebrates Resilience

May 24, 2013
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Like some of the best New Wave films of the ’60s, “Frances Ha” brims with the giddy optimism of youth.

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Fuse News Film Appreciation: Farewell, Master Animator — The Divine Legacy of Ray Harryhausen

May 8, 2013
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With the passing of animator Ray Harryhausen, we would do well to remember when wonder was more … wondrous.

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Coming Attractions in Film: May 2013 — Updated

May 1, 2013
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May is in full bloom. Starting just this week there is the LGBT Festival, screenings of three silent classics with live accompaniment, the beginning of the Harvard New American Black Cinema Series, and two Boston Jewish Film Festival encores.

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Fuse News: The Independent Film Festival of Boston — A Few Tips

April 26, 2013
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There are over 100 films to choose screening tomorrow through Wednesday. To get you started, here are four that I have seen and highly recommend.

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Fuse Film Review: The Clichés of “The Company You Keep”

April 11, 2013
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The serious intentions of “The Company You Keep” are ultimately undermined by the parade of stock cameos.

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Film Review: A Venture into the Elemental — “Beyond the Hills”

April 5, 2013
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Beyond the Hills is not the horror film the trailer seems to advertise, but it is certainly horrific.

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Coming Attractions in Film: April 2013

March 29, 2013
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April is a cornucopia of festivals and screenings, several of which feature speakers and are free. The month is capped off with the region’s top celebration of cinema, The Independent Film Festival of Boston.

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Film Interview: Director Jane Gillooly on Sex, Lies, and Audiotape

March 26, 2013
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This unique and carefully constructed impressionistic narrative encourages viewers to free-associate, assess, and imagine the romantic relationship through the filter of their own memories and experiences.

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Film Review: American Iconoclast — Harmony Korine and “Spring Breakers”

March 24, 2013
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This new commercially distributed movie gives writer/director Harmony Korine an opportunity to create a vision of decadence that wallows with cartoon glee in a libidinous pop culture wonderland.

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Stage Review: Rejuvenating Harold Pinter’s Kinky One-Act, “The Lover”

March 12, 2013
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Whether or not there’s a real lover, or whether all of this is an elaborate fantasy is beside the point. For Harold Pinter, it may all be the same thing.

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