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Film DVD Review: 1931’s “The Front Page” — Restored

October 6, 2015
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The improved viewing experience of the 1931 version of The Front Page enhances the stature of director Lewis Milestone as an early-talkie innovator and shows off the crack ensemble cast.

Film Review: “Breathe” — French Teens and the Sins of the Parents

October 3, 2015
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Complex and nuanced, Breathe thankfully owes little to our current assembly line of teen angst flicks.

Film Review: “The Second Mother” — A Sensitive Study of Class Consciousness in Brazil

September 28, 2015
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The actors draw you in, so there is no need for extraneous exposition as the film carefully examines the ironies of the Brazilian class system.

Film Review: “Fidelio: Alice’s Odyssey” — Obsessively Sexual

September 27, 2015
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This film, written and directed by Lucie Borleteau, is not exactly feminist, nor need it be.

Film Review: “Learning to Drive” — Down the Formulaic Highway

September 26, 2015
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This modest film manages to hold the viewer’s attention, not to mention his or her compassion, throughout.

Film Review: “Black Mass” — Oh, What Could Have Been

September 22, 2015
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Rarely is an actor so completely miscast in such a pivotal role.

Film Review: A Powerful “Black Mass” — We have our Whitey Bulger Movie

September 19, 2015
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When they watch Black Mass what are Bostonians seeing? A strange blend of reality and mythology.

Dance Review: Choreographer Paul Taylor’s Extraordinary Domain — on Film

September 16, 2015
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A fascinating documentary in which you get both a Paul Taylor dance and the making of the dance.

Film Review: The 2015 Montreal World Film Festival — Step By Step

September 12, 2015
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It’s always been fun, the best festival in North America to educate oneself with movies from foreign lands.

Film Review: “Call Me Lucky” — An Extraordinary Portrait of Satirist Barry Crimmins

August 21, 2015
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A labor of love that’s more than merely that, Call Me Lucky is one of the few great movies to come out so far this year.

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