Peg Aloi

Film Review: “Free Fire” — A Tsunami of Gunshots

April 22, 2017
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While calling this Ben Wheatley’s most violent film may be debatable, Free Fire is absolutely the one most riddled with gunshots.

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Film Review: “Tommy’s Honour” — A Golden Boy of Golf

April 17, 2017
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Seeing the rugged minimalism of golf in its infancy was very appealing.

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Film Review: “Frantz” — The Changeable Color of Grief

April 3, 2017
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Frantz explores the complicated emotions generated by the aftermath of a catastrophic war.

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Film Review: “The Devil’s Candy” — Wouldst Thou Like to Die, Deliciously?

March 24, 2017
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Horror fans in search of a smarter-than-average thriller that will make their viscera quiver should not miss this one.

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Film Review: The Lure — Surreal Mermaid Horror Musical

March 16, 2017
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The Lure is often violent and disturbing, but its unapologetic strangeness make it one of the most memorable foreign films in recent years.

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Film Review: “My Life as a Zucchini”—A French Fable of Loss and Belonging

March 14, 2017
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Children’s connections to one another are layered and complex, and their understanding of the adult world more sophisticated than we usually allow.

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Film Review: “Toni Erdmann” — Humor is Tedium’s Balm

February 18, 2017
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Toni Erdmann gently but somewhat darkly reminds us that living life in the fast lane means missing out on its slower, humbler pleasures.

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Film Review: “The Autopsy of Jane Doe” — Death Becomes Her

February 3, 2017
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At first,The Autopsy of Jane Doe comes off as a sort of small town crime thriller, but it slowly evolves into what feels like a bonafide horror film.

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Film Review: “Dead of Winter” — Horror and the Art of Living Deliciously

January 24, 2017
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One of the lessons of the Dead of Winter series at the Brattle Theatre:”The occult is one of many tickets to the revolution.”

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Film Review: “Silence” — Martin Scorsese’s Mute Spiritual Odyssey

January 22, 2017
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Did Martin Scorsese want this film about religious faith to reverberate so faintly, to make its point through such awkward stillness?

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