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Fuse Remembrance: A Tribute to Albert Maysles

March 9, 2015
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The late Albert Maysles once said: “I don’t see, frankly, trying to make a film to create better understanding. Our motivations for making films aren’t intellectual ones.”

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Film Review: “Border” — Memorable Swedish Gothicism

October 28, 2018
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Border memorably skims the border between reality and the supernatural, examining the irreconcilable division between the civilized and the perverse.

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Fuse Film Review: “An Honest Liar” — Cutting Charlatans Down to Size

March 18, 2015
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The puckish, irrepressible personality of James Randi — magician, escape artist, debunker of seers, psychics, and all things paranormal — is at the zesty heart of this memorable documentary.

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Film Review: “Crawl” — Home Invasion of the Creepy-Crawlies

July 13, 2019
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This is a perfect guilty pleasure, an old fashioned B-movie without a franchise, explosions, overly recognizable actors, or exhausting mano a mano violence.

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Shelter in Place Attractions: Places to Find the Best Video Essays on Film

April 22, 2020
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Video essays have been characterized as “the articulation of thought in audiovisual form.”

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Film Review: “Brooklyn”—A Moving Vision of Irish Hearts and Minds

November 12, 2015
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Brooklyn‘s script neatly consolidates the novel’s trials and tribulations without becoming too saccharine.

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Arts Remembrance: Lynn Shelton, Rising Star of Independent Film

May 20, 2020
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Lynn Shelton had developed what was becoming her own distinctive blend of comedy and drama, one that drew on strong writing, improvisation, and women characters.

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Film Review: “Cry Macho” — Not So Mucho Macho

September 27, 2021
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Cry Macho is little more than nostalgia for the Old West of Hollywood.

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Film Review: “Christine” — Dramatizing an On-Air Suicide

October 22, 2016
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Christine is less interested in serving up a moral lesson or providing sociological analysis than generating sympathy.

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Fuse Film Review: “Actress” — When Camera and Subject Are Part of the Act

February 6, 2015
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Brandy Burre is a trained actress who is artfully aware of the camera and its power: the director uses her skill as a performer to animate the film.

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