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Film Review: “The Soccer Football Movie” — A Full-On Weirdo Camp Fest

November 21, 2022
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Sometimes, cartoons should just be aimed at kids. The Soccer Football Movie has no pretensions: this is a glorious goof fest that draws on the hallowed tradition of slapstick comedy.

Arts Remembrance: Lucia Small, 1963-2022

November 21, 2022
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This is a profound loss to cinema and to Boston’s filmmaking community in particular, a close-knit group in which Lucia Small enjoyed many friendships and engaged in fruitful collaborations.

Film Review: “Retrograde” — America’s Tragic Withdrawal from Afghanistan

November 17, 2022
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Now, more than a year after Kabul fell, Afghanistan, where a conflict media-branded as “America’s longest war” waged for twenty years, barely makes the news.

Film Review: Wastelands then and now — “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Utama”

November 12, 2022
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Two recent film releases, both submitted by their countries for the Best International Feature Film Oscar, offer variations on no-man’s-land.

Film Review: “Something in the Dirt” — Grains of Truth

November 11, 2022
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In addition to being a clever paranormal thriller, Something in the Dirt is a brilliant commentary on our burgeoning world of content creation.

Movie Review: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — Faith Restored

November 9, 2022
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is miraculous, in that it’s a Marvel movie that doesn’t come across as a link of sausage plopped wetly out of the Disney grinder.

Doc Talk: Five New Nonfiction Films Worth a Look

November 4, 2022
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From Mobile to Mars, from the mind of Robin Williams to the rise and fall of a Pez entrepreneur, and with a side trip to Newton South High.

Film Review: “Please Baby Please” — Gay Awakening

November 1, 2022
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Amanda Kramer’s created a thoroughly campy and celebratory ode to queerness that stands as both a timely political statement and a genuinely well-crafted piece of independent filmmaking.

Film Review: Final Dispatch from the London Film Festival

November 1, 2022
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A wrap-up of the London Film Festival that focuses on two favorites, Inland and The Store.

Film Review: Female Trouble and Male Troublemaking in “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Aftersun”

October 27, 2022
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Both of these films explore the theme of difficult males and resilient, caregiving females.

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