Tim Jackson

Coming Attractions in Film: May 2012

April 30, 2012
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After catching your breath from a heavy dose of April film festivals, you may think you need a rest! While this month’s Boston area offerings may look tidy in number, they are sprawling in scope. April provided a look at what’s coming and current, but May is steeped in history and alternative cinema.

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Film Review: “The Kid With a Bike” — Journey to a State of Grace

April 28, 2012
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The Kid With a Bike is a story of grace, compassion, redemption, and of the possibility of goodness in a very difficult and imperfect world.

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Theater Feature: Creating the Soundscape for “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”

April 17, 2012
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Supplementing Eugene O’Neill’s high drama is a subtle score of music and sound created by Dewey Dellay, an Elliot Norton Award winner for Outstanding Design.

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Movie Review: “The Deep Blue Sea” — A Feast for the Eye and the Mind

April 2, 2012
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While “The Deep Blue Sea” may be a throwback to another era, director Terence Davies has used his masterful style to engage the audience cinematically and psychologically in an elegant circular structure.

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Coming Attractions in Film: April 2012

March 31, 2012
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It’s film festival time! That means you need to stretch, exercise, and drink plenty of liquids because there’s a lot to see. The month is capped with an amazing line up of 66 features at the Independent Film Festival of Boston.

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Film Review: Life Without Principle

March 16, 2012
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Director Johnnie To has a playfulness found in much Hong Kong cinema. He has found a different way to unfold a story, making clear how money and greed can inform everything, but with plenty of room for humor and for good fortune.

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Film Review: “In Darkness” — Not Just Another Holocaust Movie

March 12, 2012
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Twenty-one years after she received a Golden Globe for “Europa Europa,” director Agnieszka Holland returns with another uncompromising vision of perseverance and the power of human connection in the worst of times.

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Coming Attractions in Film: March 2012

March 4, 2012
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What’s coming up now in this small gap between the Awards shows and the Film Festival Season? Lots! This month is a cornucopia of adventurous off-the-radar films. March features several great director’s series, Hong Kong, German, and Czech premieres, women directors, local directors, and a range of documentaries on music that you probably never heard of.

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Fuse Theater Interview: Ken Cheeseman on “Bakersfield Mist”

March 1, 2012
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We’re in this virtual reality age now, asking new questions about what art is. What has true meaning and what doesn’t?

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Movie Review: Oscar Nominated Live Shorts — A Very Competitive Year

February 22, 2012
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Five strong contenders: production values are high, the actors excellent, and four are beautifully grounded in their settings –- Norway, Calcutta, and two in Ireland.

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