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Film Review: Notes From the Provincetown International Film Festival

A round-up of films seen and people talked to at this year’s Provincetown International Film Festival — a moveable feast.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Andre Gregory, Greta Gerwig, I am Michael, James Franco, Larry Kramer, Larry Kramer in Love and Anger, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Mistress America, Noah Baumbach, Peggy Guggenheim-Art Addict, Provincetown Film Festival, Ten Thousand Saints

Film Review: “True Story” — A Failed Whodunit

True Story relies far too heavily on answering the formulaic question ‘Did he do it?’

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: James Franco, Jonah Hill, murder mystery, Paul Dervis, Rupert Goold, True Story

Movie Review: “This is The End” — On the Right Side of Judgment Day

For the band of survivors in “This Is The End,” the consideration of how to divide (or not) their only Milky Way bar becomes equal to the raging battle between Good and Evil.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Craig Robinson. Danny McBride, James Franco, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, This is the End

Film Review: “Oz the Great and Powerful” — CGI Overload on The Yellow Brick Road

Employing every trick of digital capability to astound and amaze eventually becomes little more than hocus-pocus.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Rock Tagged: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Oz the Great and Powerful, Sam Raimi

Film Review: Howl Me A River — Ginsberg on the Big Screen

Howl, the film version of the story behind the poem “Howl,” is defeated by its own messy pretensions, faring best when it reflects the unselfconscious spirit of the poet, veering into chaos when it tries to do more than pay homage to its namesake. Reviewed by Dylan Rose. Howl comes off as a mixed bag. […]

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Allen Ginsburg, American poetry, Dylan Rose, Howl, James Franco

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