Museum of Fine Arts

Film Review: Selections from the 19th Annual Boston French Film Festival — “Apaches” and “Age of Panic”

July 22, 2014
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Two significant feature debuts at the MFA’s French Film Festival — Age of Panic goes where few movies have gone before, while Apaches trains a calm, dispassionate gaze on disaffected youth.

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Film Review: The MFA’s Technicolor Film Festival Ends with Two Gene Kelly Classics

May 30, 2014
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The reason these films are in this series is because of their color, and they do not disappoint.

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Fuse Movie Review: Boston’s MFA Presents a Film Festival of Colorful Song and Dance

May 20, 2014
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Boston’s MFA should be congratulated for screening these Technicolor musicals in way that does wondrous justice to their eye-popping colors.

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Film Review: “Tales of Intransigence” — A Ribald Road Movie at the Boston Turkish Film Festival

March 23, 2014
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Centered on the acting talents of the late Tuncel Kurtiz, the film is a ribald, engaging, and briskly-paced concoction of improvisation and folklore.

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Film Review: “The Genius of Marian” — A Deeply Moving Look at the Devastation of Alzheimer’s Disease

January 21, 2014
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“The Genius of Marian,” the new documentary from directors Banker White and Anita Fitch, depicts the bitter process of absorbing disaster, with White’s mother as the subject.

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Film Review: Essential Truffaut, Part Deux—”The Woman Next Door”

December 25, 2013
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The Museum of Fine Arts’ retrospective of the films of Francois Truffaut approaches its conclusion with another rarely screened late work by this master of 20th-century cinema.

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Visual Arts Review: At the MFA — Bruce Davidson’s Dramatic Vision of ’60s Harlem

May 20, 2013
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Despite the show’s darkness, “East 100th Street”‘s exploration of Harlem in the ’60s is in many ways a testament to the endurance of love.

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Coming Attractions at Museums: January 2013

January 2, 2013
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Standout exhibitions starting up in January include a show that celebrates Islamic Art at Harvard’s Sackler Museum.

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Coming Attractions in Film: January 2012

January 6, 2012
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This month and into February there is a treasure trove of rare treats and great opportunities to see all kinds of film around New England.

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Coming Attractions in Film: October 2011

October 2, 2011
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New England theaters, and especially Boston’s, have compiled a fantastic lineup of programs for October, a classically-great month for films (especially if horror is your thing).

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