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Tim Jackson

Film review: “Broken City,” Busted Noir

Broken City covers familiar territory, but this time it’s Marky-Mark to the rescue and he brings a gruff and troubled groundedness to the role of a man on a mission to find out The Truth in a corrupt world.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Broken City, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe

Fuse Commentary: The Year in Film — 2012

Fuse film critic Tim Jackson picks the best of the past year in movies, a round-up that includes some grievously overlooked documentaries, independent, and foreign films.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film

Coming Attractions in Film: January 2013

‘Tis the pre-Oscar season, but you might pause for some uncommon documentaries on the arts, sports, or farming. And take in one great revival.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Film Tagged: Betting the Farm, Harlem Street Singer, New Form at the Farm, Seeing the Landscape: Richard Serra, The Other Dream Team, The Tin Drum

Book/Film Review: Director Werner Herzog Captures Ferocious Reality

In his book “Ferocious Reality,” Eric Ames offers an insightful, well organized, and readable study of Werner Herzog’s documentary work that explores the director’s earliest films as well as his most recent ones.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film Tagged: documentary, Ferocious Reality: Documentary According to Werner Herzog, Robert Ames

Coming Attractions in Film: December 2012

As we head into 2013 there will be some fine new films opening. Commercial houses and small independent theaters are jockeying for the next hit: my best bets include Michael Henke’s “Amour”, David Riker’s “The Girl”, Jacques Audiard’s “Rust and Bone”, and “Beware of Mr. Baker” (about Cream drummer Ginger Baker).

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Film Tagged: Anne Fontaine, Barbara, Blues for Willadean, Faust, German Film Series, My Worse Nightmare, On the Road, Open Screen, Somerville Theatre, Walter Salles, Wild Horse Wild Ride

Film Review: “Life of Pi” — A Spectacular 3-D Fable for Our Times

Sophisticates may recoil at the deliberate symbolism and guileless self-assurance of “Life of Pi.” But this is a fable of storytelling, faith, spirituality, and coming of age whose sympathies are clear and strong, couched in visuals of such extraordinary artistry that the experience of watching it is intoxicating.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Fuse Film Review: Boston Jewish Film Festival — “Pretty Old” and “Let’s Dance”

Two impressive documentaries deal with the trials and tribulations of old age and the history of dance in Israel.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: BJFF, Let's Dance, Pretty Old, The Boston Jewish Film Festival

Movie Review: “Female Helmers” — A Terrific Evening of Shorts

Each film demonstrates a distinct female sensibility as well as a strong and unique stylistic vision.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: BJFF, Boston Jewish Film Festival, Catherine the Great, Female Helmers, Of Birds and Boundaries, Sister of Mine, Surf and Turf

Coming Attractions in Film: November 2012

School is in full session, family holidays are looming, a nail biting election is imminent (or past), but films are up to the challenge, whether you are looking for art or escape. The Boston Jewish Film Festival brings 45 films to 10 Boston area locations, B.U.and UMass host free film screenings with filmmaker talk backs, Harvard offers a classy horror flick, the ICA has commercials, and there are shorts galore.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Film Tagged: An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, Andrzej Zulawski's Possession, B.U. Cinematheqùe Screenings, Black Maria Film Shorts Festival, Boston Jewish Film Festival, Ciné-Concert – Georges Méliès, Code of the West, he British Arrows: The Best British Commercials of 2012, Poster Girl, Rebecca Richman Cohen, The Cinemagician, UMass Film Series

Film Review: “The Sessions” — An Honest Film about Sexuality

“The Sessions” quietly and lovingly engages humor, philosophy, sexuality, and spirituality to create a poetic meditation on the nature of physical love and emotional connection.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Ben Lewin, Helen Hunt, Mark O'Brien, The Sessions

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