Peg Aloi

Film Interview: A Brief Conversation with Filmmaker Peter Flynn

April 7, 2016
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The Dying of the Light looks at the history of film projection by way of the projectionists themselves.

Film Review: “Take Me to the River” — Morality in the Midwest

April 3, 2016
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Being a gay teen trapped on a rural farm among homophobes who suspect you’re a child molester is a terrifying situation.

Fuse Film Review: “Trapped” — Our Bodies, Our Clinics

March 12, 2016
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When it comes to women’s reproductive rights it is looking an awful lot like The Handmaid’s Tale out there, folks.

Fuse Oscar Predictions 2016 — Who Should Win? Who Will Win?

February 28, 2016
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Eight nominees? WTF, Academy? If you’re going to change the structure to allow ten nominees, then have ten nominees!

Film Review: “The Witch” — Mother Nature’s a Bitch and So am I

February 20, 2016
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The Witch‘s brief jolts of violence seem perfectly calibrated to knock us out of our seats..

Film Remembrance: Alan Rickman — An Actor who Embodied Evil, Heartbreak, and Mystery

January 15, 2016
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Rickman was that rare actor whose low-key intensity was punctuated with just enough hilarity or insanity to make his characters unforgettable.

Fuse Remembrance: Bowie on Film — Ageless Enigmas

January 14, 2016
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Bowie the Legendary Rock Star and Bowie the Fashion Chameleon were flashier, bolder, than Bowie the Cinematic Iconoclast.

Film Review: “Mustang” — Passion, Caged

January 6, 2016
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Despite being entrapped in a controlling social order, the sisters behave as most adolescents do: sometimes impulsively.

Film Review: Hell is the Nervous Laughter of Tom Noonan — Charlie Kaufman’s Inscrutable “Anomalisa”

January 4, 2016
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Charlie Kaufman crafts worlds where people find love in unlikely places, and lose love so easily you’d think they actually want to be miserable.

Film Commentary: Blink a Bright Red and Green — “Carol’’’s Holiday Charm

December 21, 2015
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A guide to the symbolic color odyssey that will keep you on your toes if you choose to see Carol more than once (and I’m thinking you will).

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