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Ethan Hawke stars as legendary jazz musician Chet Baker in the film “Born to Be Blue,” which opened at Kendall Square Cinema Friday. PHOTO COURTESY IFC

REVIEW: “Born to Be Blue” jazzes up biopic genre

Samantha Bastress April 11, 2016

Biopics tend to follow the same basic formula — a sequence featuring the main character’s childhood, their rise to fame and then his or her subsequent downfall or death. “Born to Be Blue” breaks...

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