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Film Review: “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” — The New Flesh

May 11, 2021
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You’re never quite sure what you’re watching but you can feel yourself going down the creepypasta rabbit-hole with protagonist Casey nonetheless.

Film Review: “Last Night in Rozzie” — Troubled Youth, Forgotten Truth

May 11, 2021
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There’s a powerful sense of place built into Last Night in Rozzie: the direction and acting evoke the feeling that inevitably comes when we return to our childhood neighborhood.

Film Review: “Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché” — Courage and Artistry Relevant to Our Moment

May 10, 2021
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The documentary strikes a remarkably rich vein, covering not only music, fashion and a late-1970s social critique, but also matters of race, class, gender, mental health and spirituality.

Film Review: “A Reckoning in Boston” — Muckraking and Heartbreaking

May 9, 2021
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A Reckoning in Boston demonstrates that fifty years after the bussing-era failures to improve the lives of Black people, there is, in James Rutenbeck’s telling words, “No justice, no truth, no reconciliation.”

1971 Project Film Commentary: “The Andromeda Strain” — Science Is the Enemy?

May 1, 2021
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The Andromeda Strain’s anti-intellectualism is rooted in Cold War paranoia: a distrust of science, of academia, and of the press.

Film Review: How do you (Re)make a Movie of “Berlin Alexanderplatz”?

April 30, 2021
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This new adaptation is sure to spark criticism from Döblin and Fassbinder loyalists, as well as those who might feel the film is not politically progressive enough. Nonetheless, it strikes the right chords: balancing between textual fidelity and contemporary relevance.

Film Review: “In the Earth” — Nature is Squealing

April 30, 2021
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Director Ben Wheatley has a knack for creating characters whose anti-social behavior is shocking.

Film Preview: IFFBoston preview — Documentaries

April 29, 2021
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The documentary slate at this year’s Independent Film Festival Boston’s all-virtual spring festival puts non-fiction film front and center.

Film Review: “About Endlessness” — A Profound Vision of the Beauty of Loss

April 29, 2021
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About Endlessness’s deadpan combination of sadness and rage feels complete, as if the master dropped the mic before leaving the building after the final edit.

Film Commentary: “Minari” — An Immigrant Tale with a Southern Accent

April 28, 2021
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Minari is about the triumph of folkways, both Ozark and Korean.

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