The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, provide an on-target parody in Hail, Caesar!, their funny period comedy set in ’50s Hollywood.
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Film Review: At the Maine International Film Fest — “El Incendio” is Hot; “Sleeping with Other People” is Not
The cinematic contrast between America and Latin America was on tragic view at the Maine International Film Festival on Saturday.
Visual Arts Counter-View: Celebrating the Art of Thomas Hart Benton
Looked at on his own terms Thomas Hart Benton is an American Master and deserves to be reconsidered.
Visual Arts: The Art of Thomas Hart Benton — Patriotic Correctness
Benton’s art looks very much of its time, especially this selection of work that relates to cinema. Don’t let that fool you.
Movie Review: “And So It Goes” — A Synthetic Slice of Boomer Banality
This kind of faux-inspirational drivel has Hollywood privilege written all over it.
Fuse Movie Review: Boston’s MFA Presents a Film Festival of Colorful Song and Dance
Boston’s MFA should be congratulated for screening these Technicolor musicals in way that does wondrous justice to their eye-popping colors.
Classical Music Review: Hooray for Film Night at Tanglewood
The Tanglewood team of Morgan Freeman, Gil Shaham, and John Williams served up an evening of memorable performances of music from the movies.
Music Review: Film Night At Tanglewood A Classics Act
Reviewed by Ron Barnell The celebration of composer John Williams’s 30 year association with the Boston Pops Orchestra was brought to a gala conclusion on August 14th with the orchestra’s annual Tanglewood Film Festival night. Devoted to the performance of select film scores, with accompanying movie clips displayed on large projection screens, the concert presents […]
Helping Fayard Nicholas
By Debra Cash Only medical skill, the support of friends and family and perhaps the prayers of his fans can help Fayard Nicholas recover from the stroke the gentlemanly 91-year old African-American dancer suffered on November 22, 2005. But those of us who thrilled to the virtuoso tap dancing of the Nicholas Brothers in the […]
Fuse Book Review: What’s Opera, Doc?
A groundbreaking book explores the music written for Hollywood’s animated cartoons and how the tunes shaped the characters and stories that are now a vital part of American culture.