Film

Fuse Film Review: “In the Heart of the Sea”—”Moby Dick,” Beached

December 11, 2015
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Don’t you just love the holiday season? It’s the time for the release of big budget flops and Oscar wannabes.

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Film Review: “Youth”—A Moving Meditation on Time, Art, and the Body

December 11, 2015
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Ruminations on age and memory are inevitably sunk deep into the flesh and the glue of personal relationships.

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Film Interview: Until the End of the Movies—Wim Wenders on his New Retrospective

December 10, 2015
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“Fictional movies seem more and more made from recipes. Documentaries seem a much more open, adventurous field.”

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Film Review: “Men of the Cloth”—Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man

December 7, 2015
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Director Vicki Vasilopoulos has masterfully crafted a documentary about tailors, clothing, and the painstaking search for excellence.

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Film Review: “Out of My Hand”—A Landmark Film From Liberia That Lacks Drama

December 5, 2015
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The protagonist’s confrontation with his past barbarity is far and away the most compelling part of Out of My Hand.

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Film Review: Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq”—A Long and Sexy Sermon

December 4, 2015
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Chi-Raq is a work of agitprop—preachy, strident, sentimental, even sacramental.

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Film Review: “Victor Frankenstein”— Fans of the Monster Will be Gravely Disappointed

November 28, 2015
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Yet another cinematic variation on Mary Shelley’s novel—and this one too often opts for slick jolts of adrenaline over credibility.

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Film Review: “Creed”—”Rocky” Returns, Triumphant

November 28, 2015
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Creed easily taps into the sensibility and adrenaline of the original Rocky.

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Fuse Film Review: “Trumbo”—Un-American Activities in Hollywood

November 27, 2015
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Trumbo is content to be a potted history lesson rather than a thought-provoking work of art.

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Film Review: Laurie Anderson’s “Heart of a Dog”—Death, Observed

November 27, 2015
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Laurie Anderson’s abstract drawings, 8mm documentary, found footage, and scratched-on celluloid are combined in a frequently mesmerizing way.

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