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Television Review: “Hollywood’ — A Satisfying Tinsel Town Fantasy

Maybe being quarantined for so long has taken its toll, but Hollywood satisfies well enough as a vibrant escape to glamorous parties filled with scheming executives and hot-to-trot actors on the make.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: hollywood, Ryan Murphy, Sarah Osman

Book Review: “Play the Way You Feel” — Jazz on Film, Music and Myth

Play The Way You Feel is the best volume around on the uneasy relationship between film and jazz.

By: Steve Provizer Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film, Jazz, Review Tagged: hollywood, Jazz, Kevin Whitehead, Play the Way You Feel

Film Review: “Hail, Caesar!” — A Sharp Tinsel Town Send-up

The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, provide an on-target parody in Hail, Caesar!, their funny period comedy set in ’50s Hollywood.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: biblical epics, Coen Brothers, Ethan Coen, George Clooney, Hail Caesar!, hollywood, Joel Coen

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.

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Alison Brie, Argentina, El Incendio, hollywood, Jason Sudeikis, Juan Schnitman, Leslye Headland, Maine International Film Festival, Paul Dervis, Sleeping With Other People

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.

By: Charles Giuliano Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: American Art, Charles Giuliano, didacticism, hollywood, Peabody Essex Museum, Poker Night, Thomas Hart Benton

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.

By: Franklin Einspruch Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: American Art, hollywood, patriotic, Peabody Essex Museum, Thomas Hart Benton

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.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: And So It Goes, Diane-Keaton, hollywood, Michael Douglas, Rob Reiner, romantic comedy

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.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: hollywood, Meet Me in St Louis, Museum of Fine Arts, musicals, Paul Dervis, Season of Color, Technicolor, The Music Man, West-side-story

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.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Classical Music, Film Tagged: Boston Pops Orchestra, hollywood, John Williams, Morgan Freeman, Music, Ron Barnell, Tanglewood

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 […]

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music Tagged: Film, hollywood, John Williams, movie, Music, Robert Osborne, Ron Barnell, Tanglewood, TCM

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