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There is now an online “sonic census” of puppetry in the greater Boston area.
Even given the over-the-top wish-fullfillment of the film’s plot, Escapement’s weak dialogue and lack of subtlety proves to be its ultimate undoing.
The Grand Seduction has some mawkish moments, but it’s still a very sweet movie, skillfully made and charmingly told.
Alive Inside, the winner for Best Documentary at the Festival, had the audience gasping and in tears.
What’s not to adore about this super-friendly, hedonistic, 24-hour street party, what summer resident John Waters celebrates as “a gay fishing village,” and what I might label, oxymoronically, a “queer New Orleans.”
Artists need cash in order to record, tour, and create. They also need support as they hunt for better ways to connect with their fans. That’s where services like PledgeMusic come in.
Until now, the powerful economic reality spotlighted by The Arts Factor has generally been ignored or dismissed as anecdotal.
Rebecca’s spirit will persist in every artist who remembers how much she believed in them, every organization that she urged to greater risk-taking and optimism for the future, and every friend brought together by the sorrow of her passing.
The beauty of this documentary is that even as it makes you laugh, the story’s essential sadness remains. Though it is very fast-paced, the film makes you stop and think — it’s as unsettling as it is charming.

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