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Film Review: “The Heat” — An Amusingly Rude Buddy Cop Comedy Set in Boston

June 28, 2013
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“The Heat” plays with clichés from a long line of mismatched buddy cop comedies, and it’s as good as any in the genre’s pantheon.

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

June 27, 2013
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[Updated] Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that’s coming up this week. A new feature!

Film Review: The Provincetown Film Festival 2013 — A Distinctly Humanist Focus

June 27, 2013
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As for new independent films, producer Christine Vachon noted that each generation requires fresh stories and comparisons with a ‘golden’ age of filmmaking are irrelevant.

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

June 21, 2013
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[Updated]Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that’s coming up this week. A new feature!

Film Review: “Journey to Italy” — A Compassionate Masterwork About Marriage

June 21, 2013
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Despite all the irritating behavior exhibited by both spouses in “Journey to Italy,” the film is ultimately a work of great compassion.

Short Fuse News: “Man of Steel” — Send the Pixels Back Where They Came From

June 20, 2013
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New York suffers what might be the effects of innumerable 9/11s.

Film Review: “The Iran Job” — Basketball and the Search for a Common Ground

June 20, 2013
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“The Iran Job” is an engrossing documentary that cannily integrates basketball and a look at Iranian street life in the months leading up to and including the Green Movement protests.

Film Review: Darkness Visible — Carlos Reygedas’s Spiritually Imposing “Post Tenebras Lux”

June 16, 2013
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Even with its audience-unfriendly head games and confusions, “Post Tenebras Lux” is an imposing spiritual work, and totally original.

Film Review: “Man of Steel” — Balancing Nostalgia and Techno-Lust

June 15, 2013
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While the nostalgic exposition pays dutiful homage to the original story, the gangbuster finish should satisfy the audience’s summer techno-lust.

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

June 14, 2013
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Updated with new theater and classical music recommendations. 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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