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Film Review: “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” — A Satire Too Stuck in the Now to Save the Future

February 9, 2026
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The film urges the audience to take action against AI, but it is too symptomatic of today’s paralysis to be of as much help as it would like to be.

Film Review: Lav Diaz’s “Magellan” — Conquest as Apocalypse

February 7, 2026
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“Magellan” circles the world and the world circles the drain.

Film Review: “The Choral” — Stirring Voices

February 5, 2026
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Despite an excellent cast, impressive production values, and the thrilling music at its heart, “The Choral” often feels as if it is trying to be several films at once.

Film Review: “A Poet” — The Agony and Ecstasy of Mediocrity

February 4, 2026
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He’s not a poet and he doesn’t know it.

Film Review: “Melania” — An Aggressively Dull Travesty

February 2, 2026
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As a dick-waving demonstration of fascist corporate and political power, “Melania” would make a great double bill with Pasolini’s “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.”

Film Festival Reviews: Persian Gulf

January 31, 2026
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In secret and in exile, the power of cinema prevails at the Boston Festival of Films from Iran.

Film Review: “Send Help” — A Grotesque Satire of Corporate Survival

January 29, 2026
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The sitcom tropes encourage director Sam Raimi to unleash his utterly demented black humor sensibilities.

Book Review: Moments of Cinematic Illumination in Akira Kurosawa’s Uneven “Long Take”

January 29, 2026
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“Long Take” is a somewhat dry read; there are some great passages, but too many rambling, unfocused sections for it to be a satisfactory sequel to the Japanese director’s 1983 memoir.

Film Review: “H is for Hawk” — Stumbling and Soaring

January 27, 2026
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Despite an occasional narrative misstep, “H is for Hawk” soars with enormous power and beauty when it revels in the mysterious, graceful ways of nature.

Film Review: “The Chronology of Water” — Stormy Depths, and Stillness

January 24, 2026
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How often do we see movies that successfully delve into what it means to become a mature adult after a traumatic childhood?

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