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Film Review: “You Hurt My Feelings” — A Shape-Shifting Entertainment

May 23, 2023
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It features fine performances, but the comedy-drama, You Hurt My Feelings avoids placing too much on the line. It exists in a comfortable middle ground — nothing is ever taken to an extreme.

Film Review: Lorca, Cthulhu, Cosmic Horror… “The Little Mermaid”

May 22, 2023
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The dehumanization in The Little Mermaid is not just a matter of the absence of craft; at heart, this is a cynical investment that can’t transcend its craven essence.

Film Interview: Director Ryan Stevens Harris on Cultivating a “Moon Garden”

May 19, 2023
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Director Ryan Stevens Harris talks about his stunningly cinematic home-grown labor of love, Moon Garden.

Doc Talk: Five International Cinematic Treks

May 19, 2023
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The world is yours at the Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston

Book Review: “But God Made Him a Poet: John Ford” — An Essential Book on a World-Class American Director

May 18, 2023
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What makes Scout Tafoya’s book a radical departure from earlier studies is his in-your-face challenges to John Ford’s character and his racial politics.

Film Reviews: “Huesera: The Bone Woman” and “The Starling Girl” — Unorthodox Appeals

May 17, 2023
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Both debut features by young women directors open with prayers.

Film Review: “Master Gardener” — White Knight to the Rescue

May 17, 2023
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Master Gardener is more Pinterest mood board than story.

Film Series Review: “Late Kiarostami” — Spotlighting the Works of a Master Iranian Filmmaker

May 12, 2023
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This not-quite-full retrospective contains three masterpieces of Iranian cinema: Close-Up, Taste of Cherry and The Wind Will Carry Us.

Film Review: “Out and About” — An Important Return to Filmmaking

May 7, 2023
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Indie films of worth made by people with talent are falling into the cracks, and that’s sadly the fate of Out and About, a smart, beautifully shot and acted movie by Peter Callahan.

DocTalk: Five Documentaries Probe the Past at The National Center for Jewish Film’s Annual Festival

May 7, 2023
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Four features and one short that explore aspects of Jewish history from its impact on the earliest origins of the United States to the ongoing struggles of the state of Israel.

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