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Betsy Sherman

Film Review: Dennis Hopper’s “Out of the Blue” — Still a Stunner

A welcome homecoming for a new 4K digital restoration of a landmark independent film that’s attained cult status.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Brattle Theatre, Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Out of the Blue

Arts Remembrance: Homage to Gilbert Gottfried — One of America’s Most Original Stand-ups

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried’s passing has hit me harder than most deaths of my celebrity faves: it’s a deprivation I can feel in my stomach.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Gilbert Gottfried

Film Review: “The Great Postal Heist” — Clear and Present Danger to a Great American Institution

This effective advocacy documentary charts the 21st-century decline of a great American institution (one established in the U.S. Constitution). It’s also a wake-up call alerting us that things didn’t have to happen this way.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Television Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Jay Galione, The Great Postal Heist, US Postal Service, Vimeo

Film Review: “France” — A Comic Drama about the Shallowness of Contemporary Journalism

Léa Seydoux claims the spotlight as the title character in Bruno Dumont’s pithy and entertaining France, giving a performance that’s cunningly calibrated to mesmerize.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Bruno Dumont, France, journalism, Léa Seydoux

Film Review: “Surge” — In the Grip of an Irresistible Force

Ben Whishaw crackles aplenty in Aniel Karia’s fresh and primal debut feature.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Aniel Karia, Ben Whishaw, Ben Wishaw, Surge

Film Appreciation: “History is Made at Night” — Transcendent Love on Screen

Director Frank Borzage’s wonderful 1937 History Is Made at Night, newly restored and released on Blu-ray and DVD by the Criterion Collection, defies pigeonholing.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Charles Boyer, Frank Borzage, History is Made at Night, Jean Arthur, The Criterion Collection

Film Review: “Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché” — Courage and Artistry Relevant to Our Moment

The documentary strikes a remarkably rich vein, covering not only music, fashion and a late-1970s social critique, but also matters of race, class, gender, mental health and spirituality.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Celeste Bell, Generation Indigo, Germ Free Adolescents, Paul Sng, Poly Styrene, Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, X-Ray Spex

Film Review: 1930’s “Ingagi” — An Elusive Beast from the Dark Shadows of American Cinema Emerges

In its day, Ingagi raked in the crowds with a promise of weird African animals and “wild” women, and a teasing of bestiality.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Ingagi

Film Review: “News of the World” — An Intimate Two-Shot of a Western

The filmmakers use their story to point towards a way to help us navigate through our own polarization; it has something to do with each of us widening our perspective to take in more than just our immediate experience.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, News of the World, Paul Greengrass, Tom Hanks, Western

Film Review: “White Riot” — The Superb, Sadly Relevant, Story of Rock Against Racism

Director Rubika Shah ends her film on this high note, but no one watching could conclude that the struggle is over

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Rubika Shah, White Riot

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