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Paul Dervis

Film Review: “Patriots Day” — So Close to Home

Patriots Day provides an intimate view of a heart-stopping week.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Boston Marathon Bombing, Mark Wahlberg, Patriots Day, Paul Dervis, Peter Berg

Theater Review: Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s “Doctor Who” and “Alpha 66”

Cyndi Freeman and Brad Lawrence are accomplishing their mission: to bring the lowbrow entertainment of yesterday to the highbrow viewers of today.

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Alpha 66, Brad Lawrence, Cuban Missile Crisis, Cyndi Freeman, Doctor Who, Hotsy Totsy Burlesque, Paul Dervis, Robby Ramos, Theater for the New City

Theater Review: “Autumn Stage” — Being and Plenty of Nothingness

By the end, Autumn Stage comes off as a pint-sized No Exit.

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Autumn Stage, Dream Up Festival, Paul Dervis, Peter Welsh, Theater for the New City

Theater Review: “About Clarence & Me” — Dreams of Friendship

About Clarence & Me looks tenderly … perhaps too tenderly …at some pertinent contemporary issues.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: 7th Annual Dream Up Festival, About Clarence & Me, Paul Dervis, Theater for the New City

Theater Review: In New York, A World of Women’s Voices

This fledgling stage troupe aspires to raise a call to arms.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Boudica Theatre, Dominique Sinagra, Paul Dervis, The Boudica Series: A Festival of Women's Voices, Urban Stages

Film Review: “Captain Fantastic” — Living Well Off the Grid

Until its closing scenes, Captain Fantastic takes a complex look at the wisdom of bucking the system or joining in.

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Captain Fantastic, Matt Ross, Paul Dervis, Viggo Mortensen

Film Review: “Our Kind of Traitor” — Spies Left Out in the Cold

Our Kind of Traitor provides plenty of agreeably tense entertainment.

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Ewan McGregor, John le Carré, Our Kind of Traitor, Paul Dervis, Susanna White

Fuse Film Review: “Swiss Army Man” — Way Down the Rabbit Hole

Swiss Army Man is much more than your standard absurd adolescent comedy or a campy send-up of the genre.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Dan Kwan, Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Scheinert, Paul Dano, Paul Dervis, Swiss Army Man

Film Review: “Genius”? Oh, Really?

Unfortunately for Genius, film is a visual medium, not a talking heads snore fest.

By: Paul Dervis Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Colin Firth, Genius, Jude Law, Max Perkins, Michael Grandage, Paul Dervis, Thomas Wolfe

Fuse Film Review: “Me Before You” — More Than Your Standard Tearjerker

Time after time, when the cheap and easy outcome is there for the plucking, Me Before You ditches the teary payoffs.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Emilia Clarke, Jojo Moyes, Me Before You, Paul Dervis, Sam Claflin, Thea Sharrock

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