1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (779+ words) Film Review: "I Love Boosters" " Stealing Style, Seizing Power The Arts Fuse Film Review: "I Love Boosters" " Stealing Style, Seizing Power Boots Riley fuses anti-capitalist critique with surrealist comedy, imagining revolt as both necessity and joy. I Love Boosters, directed…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (641+ words) artsfuse. org Film Review: "Friend" or Foliage? Visually beguiling, Silent Friend probes the mysteries of consciousness, but it has little on its mind. Silent Friend. Directed by Ildik" Enyedi. With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, and L'a Seydoux. Screening at…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (303+ words) HBO's adaptation blends historical grit with balletic fight choreography, elevating the live-action anime genre. Let's be honest: there haven't been that many great live-action adaptations of manga or anime. That all changed when Netflix dropped its live-action take on'One Piece,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (223+ words) A stylish but troubling portrait that soft-pedals power, propaganda, and Vladimir Putin. The Wizard of the Kremlin. Directed by Olivier Assayas, and based on the novel by Giuliano da Empoli. At the Boston Common and the suburbs. A scene from…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (736+ words) The Arts Fuse Film Review: In "Amrum," Innocence Meets Fascist Ideology Amrum, directed by Fatih Akin. Screening at the Lexington Venue though May 14. Fatih Akin's Amrum traces a boy's quiet moral awakening as Nazi Germany falls, blending lyrical imagery with…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (736+ words) What happens when the rebel archetype outlives its ideals'and finds new, troubling champions. Until recently, I'd not watched the 1975 movie'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which, in addition to winning Oscars for best picture, director, and actors (male and female),…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (451+ words) Curry Barker's debut turns dating, consent, and loneliness into a bleak and deeply felt horror tragedy. Obsession, directed by Curry Barker. Screening at Kendall Square Cinema, AMC Assembly Row 12, and AMC Boston Common 19 starting May 15. Bear (played by Michael Johnston)…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (224+ words) Director James Cameron's 3 D concert film captures the awe, pressure, and near-religious devotion of Billie Eilish's fanbase. Billie Eilish'Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3 D), directed by James Cameron, begins screening on May 8 with an exclusive three-day run…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1249+ words) Film Review: "The Devil Wears Prada 2" " Delivers Fresh Satire, Stunning Couture'The Arts Fuse Film Review: "The Devil Wears Prada 2" " Cerulean Idealism, Crimson Satire David Frankel's wildly popular fashion fairy tale returns with a biting media critique and Meryl Streep's cucumber-cool…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (706+ words) The Arts Fuse Film Review: "Blue Heron" " Director Sophy Romvari Turns Childhood Trauma into Art A fractured childhood remembered through a lens of distance and grief. Blue Heron, directed by Sophy Romvari. Starting May 8, screening at the Coolidge Corner Theatre…...