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Film Review: “Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time” — Satiric Fury, with a Dry Midwestern Chuckle

January 1, 2022
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The documentary supplies plenty of deserved admiration for its haggard but gentle subject, but it doesn’t tell us enough about the enduring value of Kurt Vonnegut’s writing.

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Film Review: “Joy Ride” – (Double the fun)

November 1, 2021
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Bobcat Goldthwait and Dana Gould almost died for their comedy; then they hit the road to get laughs about it.

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Short Fuse Podcast #45: Lynne Sachs’s “Film About a Father Who”

October 12, 2021
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A conversation with acclaimed filmmaker, poet, and educator Lynne Sachs about her work, particularly 2020’s Film About a Father Who.

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Film Review: “Five Years North” — A Heart-Wrenching Look at Our Nation’s Twisted Immigration System

October 4, 2021
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Told with just the right amount of empathy, Five Years North offers an illuminating, and much needed, look at immigration in America.

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Film Review: “Algren” – (First-rate writer from the Second City)

September 30, 2021
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Once celebrated, but now largely forgotten, novelist and short story writer Nelson Algren deserves the attention given to him in a wide-ranging documentary.

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Film Review: “Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed” — (Painting by Plunders)

August 23, 2021
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Television artist Bob Ross just wanted to share his love of painting with viewers. His business partners had other ideas.

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Film Review: “Truman & Tennessee: an intimate conversation” — He Said, He Said

June 21, 2021
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Truman & Tennessee is a meticulously researched and edited documentary about two gay men and their differing commitments to art.

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Film Review: “All Light, Everywhere” — Darkness Visible

June 10, 2021
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Do you believe your eyes? Should you?

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Film Review: “F.T.A.” — An Anti-War Gem, Rediscovered

March 6, 2021
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Exuding a guerilla theater, agitprop vibe (with touches here and there of vaudeville and live sketch comedy), F.T.A. is a thrilling expression of pacifism and accountability directed at the military.

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Film Review: Wither the People of Magnitogorsk — “Kombinat”

March 2, 2021
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Without ignoring the terrible-beautiful magnetism of the industrial imagery we love to hate and hate to love, the camera is gradually, gently, drawn across the river and away from the workday, to spend time with these very real humans who serve the machines.

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