Tim Jackson

Film Review: “Sasquatch Sunset” — Creatures of Nature, Walking Proud and Standing Tall

April 19, 2024
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“Sasquatch Sunset”‘s directors claim they were interested in respecting the universal connection between man and nature, albeit with plenty of humor.

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Film Review: “Asphalt City” — Paramedics on the Mean Streets

March 29, 2024
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The director did his research: he rode with EMTs so the Asphalt City’s grim vision is real and convincingly ramped up.

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Film Review: “Silver Haze” — A Remarkable Look at the Working-Class Blues

March 11, 2024
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Walking a fine line between fiction and documentary, director Sacha Polak has fashioned a film that is achingly real because it evokes life’s unpredictability.

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Book Review: “Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon” — Overcome by Madness

February 20, 2024
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“Drums & Demons” is at times frustratingly unclear on dates, but its research is comprehensive about the brilliant career and disasterous end of drummer Jim Gordon.

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Film Review: “The Holdovers” — Learning Their Lessons

November 4, 2023
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Director Alexander Payne and star Paul Giamatti excel at this kind of character-driven comedy/drama.

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Film Review: “The Burial” — Courtroom Specacular

October 16, 2023
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Director Maggie Betts has much to keep in check – a courtroom drama and an exposé of corporate greed and racial politics in Mississippi.

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Film Reviews: The 2023 Woods Hole Film Festival — Some Eye-Opening Experiences

August 5, 2023
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With exception of one narrative chiller, and a look at singer Karen Carpenter, the best films I saw were documentaries on the lives and careers of significant African-Americans.

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Film Festival Review: More Reviews from Provincetown 2023

June 25, 2023
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Five reviews of the kind of films that the Provincetown Film Festival celebrates. Their stories speak to our shared humanity.

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Book Review: “Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs” — Surveying the Surveillance State

May 12, 2023
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Kerry Howley’s expose is a vibrant report on the chaotic and often disquieting world of surveillance and national security.

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Film Review: “The Worst Ones” — Dramatizing the Children of the Underclass

April 9, 2023
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The Worst Ones is a distinctive cinematic achievement – it is deeply moving film that offers a critique of itself.

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