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Film Review: The Amy Winehouse Documentary — Hagiography in the Age of Reality TV

July 14, 2015
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Amy Winehouse’s death was certainly a tragedy, but not one that moves us to pity and terror in its retelling as a morality tale spun from home movies.

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Film Review: At the Maine International Film Fest — Richard Gere Day

July 14, 2015
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The MIFF offered two new films starring Richard Gere in atypical roles for the prolific actor.

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Film Review: At the Maine International Film Fest — “El Incendio” is Hot; “Sleeping with Other People” is Not

July 13, 2015
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The cinematic contrast between America and Latin America was on tragic view at the Maine International Film Festival on Saturday.

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Film Review: At the Maine International Film Fest — “Tired Moonlight” Moribund, But Ann Sothern was a Happening Lady

July 13, 2015
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Tired Moonlight has been generating a lot of buzz on the film festival circuit, and a classy salute to Hollywood actress Ann Sothern.

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Film Review: Maine International Film Festival — Off and Running with “Eisenstein”

July 12, 2015
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Eisenstein in Guanajuato is another major achievement from the iconoclastic British director Peter Greenaway.

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Fuse Film Review Round-up: “Inside Out,” “Amy,” Southpaw,” and “Self/less”

July 11, 2015
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A quartet of summer films that range from the excellent to the not-so-bad and the ugly.

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Film Review: “A Swedish Love Story” — The Angst of Desire

June 28, 2015
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In A Swedish Love Story, Roy Andersson muses on the meaning of life, but for the first and last time he expresses his sense of life’s absurdity through an accessible plot line.

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Film Review: The Art of Being Frozen — Two Powerful Films from Roy Andersson

June 26, 2015
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The overriding theme in Roy Andersson’s films is the conflict between human frailty and our delusions of control.

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Film Review: A Quartet of Discoveries at the Provincetown International Film Festival

June 25, 2015
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Reviews of four strong independent films that may — or may not — be coming to a screen near you.

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Film Review: Notes From the Provincetown International Film Festival

June 24, 2015
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A round-up of films seen and people talked to at this year’s Provincetown International Film Festival — a moveable feast.

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