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Notes from (Boston) Underground Part I: BUFF’s “The Dunwich Horrors” Local Shorts Program

March 27, 2023
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In order to appreciate this smorgasbord of schlock by independent filmmakers from around New England, it’s best to understand the program in context

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Film Review: “The American Sector” — Meditating on Displaced Fragments of History

February 15, 2021
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Over 75 segments from the Berlin Wall have found their way to the U.S., providing the subject for The American Sector, an amusing, quirky, and meditative road-trip/scavenger hunt.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Film (Part Two)

April 15, 2021
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1971 gave us bursts of magnificent cinematic iconoclasm that had no future — culturally or politically.

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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2021

December 23, 2021
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Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year.

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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.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Blue Lives Madder, “Dirty Harry” Turns 50

June 4, 2021
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The path Dirty Harry (and too many of his defenders, then and now) chose to pursue — the urban policing version of “killing the village in order to save it” — was outdated and discredited even in 1971.

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Film Feature: Best of American Film Noir, 1940-1959 — An International Poll

August 4, 2021
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The results of a Facebook contest for the Best of American Film Noir, 1940-1959

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Film Commentary: “How I Learned to Start Worrying and Fear the Bot”

July 17, 2023
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Long before the current writers’ strike, Hollywood was sounding the alarm about the dangers of AI.

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Coming Attractions: December 26 Through January 10 — What Will Light Your Fire

December 26, 2021
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Compiled by Bill Marx As the age of Covid-19 wanes (or waxes?), Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music. Please check with venues about whether the event is available by streaming or is in person. More offerings will be added as they come in. Film The Arts Fuse…

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Film Review: A Dispatch from the 23rd Annual Boston Underground Film Festival (Part 1 of 2)

March 29, 2023
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Local film festivals like the 23rd annual Boston Underground Film Festival feel like such a balm for the tide of poisonous mediocrity that’s now the standard in our current movie landscape.

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