Film

Film Review: “Color Out of Space” — Trippy, Witchy, Uneven, Hilarious

January 27, 2020
Posted in , ,

To move from a bucolic beginning to a surreal, chaotic climax, and then to an elegiac epilogue — that, in my book, is the sign of a well-crafted horror film.

Film Review: “What Did Jack Do? — David Lynch’s Amusing Monkeyshine

January 26, 2020
Posted in , ,

After rewatching What Did Jack Do? a few times, I still don’t really know what the hell I saw. But I decided that I don’t care, because I kept laughing my ass off anyway.

Film Review: “Les Misérables” — Nobody is Safe

January 20, 2020
Posted in , ,

Les Misérables invites us to ponder, in real time, how people respond in a chaotic, dangerous situation.

Film Review: Alice Guy-Blaché — One of the First, if not the First, Makers of Narrative Cinema

January 13, 2020
Posted in , ,

A fuller accounting of the creative contributions of women to the film industry in its early decades is still fighting for a place in mainstream awareness. The documentary Be Natural is a valuable battering ram in that fight.

Film Review: “Just Mercy” — The Tragedy of Justice Deferred

January 10, 2020
Posted in , ,

Artful films like Just Mercy remain necessary — these are the kind of stories our troubled nation needs to hear if we are to move forward.

Film Review: “Invisible Life” — A Sisterhood of Heartbreak

January 7, 2020
Posted in , ,

The film’s modulated softness, its moments of quiet heartfelt sorrow, are testaments to a feminism that rejects political anger in order to embrace sisterly compassion.

Film Review: “1917” — War is Hell, Up-Close

January 6, 2020
Posted in , ,

George MacKay’s astonishing turn lifts 1917 from pyrotechnical marvel to a shattering emotional experience.

Film Review: “Satan & Adam” — The Story of a Dynamic Blues Duo

January 4, 2020
Posted in , , ,

Following the stories of these unique, gifted, and sadly overlooked individuals can be as gripping as the music they made together.

Film Review: “In Fabric” — Weird, Witchy Fashion

January 2, 2020
Posted in , ,

In Fabric is a mesh of black comedy, horror, and art house psychedelia. I found it wildly original.

The Arts Fuse Mentorship Program: Student Reviews from Somerville High School

December 31, 2019
Posted in , ,

The Arts Fuse Mentorship Program invites high school students from diverse backgrounds (in this go around from Somerville High School) to team-up with Arts Fuse critics.

Recent Posts

Popular Posts

Categories

Archives