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“Dread of Winter” Series at the Brattle Theatre — Evil Is Best Served Cold

February 4, 2025
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There’s always a fair bit of horror in the mix, as well as thrillers and dramas. Each entry has a chilly darkness at its core — these are stories that often abound with themes of cruelty, grief, terror, and dread.

Book Review: “Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation” — More of the Same

February 4, 2025
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At some point during the writing of the book, Ken Turan must have realized, sadly, that the Mayer/Thalberg/MGM story has been done to death. All he could do was what he did: tell well what had been told well before.

Film Review: “I’m Still Here” — They’re Still Here

February 2, 2025
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Fascism is faced down in Walter Salles’s Oscar-nominated masterpiece.

Arts Remembrance: The Voice of Love — On David Lynch’s Empathy

January 24, 2025
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For all the accusations David Lynch faced over the supposed emotional and ironic detachment of work, his films are wellsprings of love for their subjects.

Film Review: “Presence” — The Spectre of the Middle Class

January 22, 2025
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More than the threat posed by the ghost, “Presence” is desperately terrified of ambiguity.

David Lynch, Prince of Darkness — A Personal Remembrance

January 18, 2025
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It is impossible to think that anyone could have been exposed to David Lynch’s work — its generous vision, so far-reaching in its scope, so recognizably rooted in the modern human condition — and not come away changed, haunted, and awed.

Film Reviews: The Boston Festival of Films from Iran — Veiled Threats

January 17, 2025
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The power of cinema persists at the Boston Festival of Films from Iran.

Film Review: The Fascinating Documentary “Eno” — Every Screening Is Different

January 13, 2025
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The new bio-doc about producer-musician Brian Eno looks at the artist’s life and his creative process in a deliberately provocative new format.

Film Review: Deconstructing “The Brutalist”

January 13, 2025
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Like all accomplished directors – and architects – Brady Corbet has orchestrated a team of outstanding collaborators into shaping his vision.

Film Review: “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — Putting Corporate Cogs on Notice

January 12, 2025
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In their latest divinely idiosyncratic romp, Wallace & Gromit take on the threat of that most impersonal and worrisome technology: AI.

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