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Fuse Film Review: “Love & Friendship” — Jane Austen, Artfully Revised

May 20, 2016
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The film and the book are all in good fun, in the spirit of “mocking affection” that is a part of Whit Stillman’s artistic vision

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Film Review: “Hockney” — A Definitive Exploration

May 16, 2016
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If you think you know a fair bit about David Hockney’s career already, as I did, be prepared, you’ll learn a lot more.

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Film Review: “A Bigger Splash” — Romance, Darkly Comic

May 15, 2016
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A Bigger Splash has a pleasing richness wherein the sensual elements bind the individual characters to each other, and to nature.

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Film Review: “High-Rise” — Concrete Meltdown

May 13, 2016
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High-Rise‘s urban apocalypse is laid on thick. One wishes for a modern existence that is not quite so alienating.

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Fuse Film Review: “Elstree 1976” — Hearing from the Minor Gods in the “Star Wars” Pantheon

May 12, 2016
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The director approaches his Star Wars interviewees with obvious glee, but he’s also on a quest.

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Film Preview: Silent Film Comedian Raymond Griffith — Sophisticated Slapstick

May 12, 2016
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A rare opportunity to see — on the big screen — a film starring Boston-born silent comedian Raymond Griffith, a master of the debonair pratfall.

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Film Review: “Primaria” — A Penetrating View of the Cuban Ballet System

May 10, 2016
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Oh, it’s a strange world, ballet — filled with rituals and practices that Mary Jane Doherty captures with sharp-eyed grace.

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Film Commentary: The IFFBoston — Documentaries Focusing on the Marginalized

May 6, 2016
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The IFFBoston’s commitment to films about marginalized communities is turning the festival into an essential cultural event.

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Fuse Film Review: “The People vs. Fritz Bauer” — The Trials and Tribulations of a Nazi Hunter

May 3, 2016
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Reality is the driving force behind the suspense in this film’s look at the lurid underbelly of post-war Germany.

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Film Review: At the IFFBoston — “Boone”

April 30, 2016
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One of the most gorgeous films in recent memory, Boone is sure to give you an appreciation of the enormous work done on Boone Farm.

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