Paul Dervis

Fuse Theater Review: “The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey” — Shine On

August 30, 2015
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James Lecesne’s one-man show delivers just what it promises….a lot of laughs and a few tears as well.

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Theater Review: “Lady Macbeth and Her Lover” — Three’s a Crowd

August 24, 2015
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Lady Macbeth and Her Lover is a determinedly somber play that tries to attain the feel of classic tragedy.

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Theater Review: “The Flick” in New York — A Bold Triumph

August 22, 2015
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The final impression left by The Flick is one of exhilaration.

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Theater Review: ‘Hands Off’ to this “Titus Andronicus”

August 19, 2015
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A lazy night of Shakespearean mayhem in New York’s Riverside Park.

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Film Review: “Dark Places” — This is No “Gone Girl”

August 8, 2015
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Dark Places fumbles and stumbles as it tries, but fails, to follow all of the possible solutions to the whodunit.

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Fuse Film Review: “The Stanford Prison Experiment” — It’s a Crime

August 3, 2015
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Even if you manage to overlook the objectionable ethics of the film, The Stanford Prison Experiment simply doesn’t work as a gripping drama.

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Fuse Film Review: Worth Traveling North to See the “Manglehorn”

July 28, 2015
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Al Pacino, playing the title character, delivers his most impressive performance since he starred in Terrence McNally’s Frankie and Johnny a quarter century ago.

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Film Review: Boston MFA French Film Festival — “Party Girl,” Gray Panther Division

July 23, 2015
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Party Girl has won a plethora of festival awards, including two at Cannes in 2014.

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Film Review: MFA’s French Film Festival — A Congenial “Easy Way Out”

July 23, 2015
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The star of The Easy Way Out is its splendidly quick pacing, which gives it more of the feel of an American film than one would expect.

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Film Review: At the MFA’s French Film Festival — A Vivacious “Chic!”

July 22, 2015
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Mechanical as Chic!’s story is, it is rare to have this kind of French fluff put across with so much charm and vivacity.

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