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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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Film Review: “In Jackson Heights”—An Urban Village Going Global

November 17, 2015
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As with so many Frederick Wiseman films, we get color, character, sociology – and cinema.

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Film Review: “The 33″—Truth is More Frightening Than Fiction

November 16, 2015
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Avoiding overly melodramatic images, The 33 is a true horror story on screen, one that we can identify with in the deep, fearful recesses of our collective subconscious.

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Film Review: “Once in a Lifetime” and “Meet the Hitlers” at the Boston Jewish Film Festival

November 13, 2015
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Two films in the Boston Jewish Film Festival: one sticks to the commonplace, the other looks at the bizarre.

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Film Review: “Brooklyn”—A Moving Vision of Irish Hearts and Minds

November 12, 2015
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Brooklyn‘s script neatly consolidates the novel’s trials and tribulations without becoming too saccharine.

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Film Review: “The Wonders”—Genuinely Wonderful

November 12, 2015
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Alice Rohrwacher’s film, which won the Grand Prix at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, is a rarity — it is genuinely magical.

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Film Review: “By the Sea”—Art House in Hollywood

November 11, 2015
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What keeps the film churning? Not much. A bit of withheld information.

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Film Review: Boston Jewish Film Festival — A Powerful “Bulgarian Rhapsody”

November 6, 2015
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The history lesson embedded in Bulgarian Rhapsody is subtle yet also packs a wallop.

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