Film

Fuse Film News: Global Lens 2013 — Focusing on Relatively Undiscovered Countries

June 7, 2013
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We’ve reached a sad situation in America where even sophisticated art house audiences balk at foreign-language films except those made in a handful of favored countries.

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Film Review: “William and the Windmill” — Unusual and Compelling

June 5, 2013
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In the end, William Kamkwamba’s story in “William and the Windmill” is deeply inspirational. As the saying goes, talent is universal, opportunity is not.

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Book Review: “Film After Film” — The Shadow History of Our Times as Seen on the Big Screen

June 4, 2013
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It may be only a movie, but in his book “Film after Film,” former Village Voice writer J. Hoberman proves he isn’t just a movie critic.

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Movie Review: The Deliciously Deceptive Practices of Ricky Jay

May 31, 2013
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The filmmaker is annoyingly passive and star-struck, as the documentary’s subject, Ricky Jay, speaks to his chosen agenda: a wish to tell stories about his mentors and favorite magicians.

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Coming Attractions in Jazz: Festival Preview 2013

May 31, 2013
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[Updated June 21] Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer. Beaches reopen, and the jazz festival season follows close on their heels. Indeed, the first major festival kicks off this Friday, before June has even begun.

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Fuse News: Arts and Culture Tips — What Will Light Your Fire This Week

May 31, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select some of the most promising in music, theater, and film for the coming week. A new feature!

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Film Commentary: “The Hobbit” in Print and in Film — A Quick Guide on How to Put the “Faux” in Folklore

May 28, 2013
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Director Peter Jackson in his film adaptation of The Hobbit abandons the intimate scale of the original wonder tale and mistakenly blows it up into mythic proportions.

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Film Review: “What Maisie Knew” — Henry James’ Dark Screwball Comedy

May 27, 2013
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The astute filmmakers, Scott McGehee and David Siegel, seem not at all intimidated by Henry James’s formidable prose.

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Film News: “Star Trek” —The Borg Have Won

May 26, 2013
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If Plato had known of mind meld, you can be sure he would have applied to be a Vulcan.

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Film Review: “Frances Ha” — An Indie Classic That Celebrates Resilience

May 24, 2013
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Like some of the best New Wave films of the ’60s, “Frances Ha” brims with the giddy optimism of youth.

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