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Film Reviews: Let’s Get Physical — “Concussion” and “Point Break”

December 27, 2015
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Concussion butts heads with the NFL; Point Break is pointless.

Film Review: “Joy” and “The Danish Girl” — Gratification Limited

December 26, 2015
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The unimportance of being too earnest.

Movie Review: “The Big Short” — Capitalism Gone Wild, Made Entertaining

December 25, 2015
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The Big Short is a deftly sardonic piece of doomsday economic diagnosis that is as entertaining as it is alarming.

Film Review: “The Hateful Eight” — An Exhilarating Homage to B Movies

December 23, 2015
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The Hateful Eight is Quentin Tarantino’s richly textured love letter to B movies.

Film Commentary: Blink a Bright Red and Green — “Carol’’’s Holiday Charm

December 21, 2015
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A guide to the symbolic color odyssey that will keep you on your toes if you choose to see Carol more than once (and I’m thinking you will).

Film Review: “Hitchcock/Truffaut” — A Mixed Homage

December 13, 2015
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The best discussions are of Vertigo, with David Fincher, the most effective directorial voice of all those interviewed, leading the way.

Fuse Feature: Best and Worst Films of 2015

December 12, 2015
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Our demanding critics choose the best (and worst) films of the year.

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.

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.

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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