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Betsy Sherman

Film Review: “Her Smell” — Fiddling with Our Viscera

Her Smell is funny-terrifying, alluring-repulsive, moving-disturbing, era-capturing and timeless.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Alex Ross Perry, Betsy Sherman, Elizabeth Moss, Her Smell

Film Review: “Damaged Lives” — Improbably Poetic

Even an imperfect work-for-hire like Damaged Lives can show the touch of an artist.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Damaged Lives, Edgar G. Ulmer

Film Review: At Harvard Film Archive –“The Complete Luchino Visconti”

Luchino Visconti made theatrically tinged movies driven by music, indebted to painting, sculpture, architecture, and literature—he accomplished, dare I say, a fusion of the arts.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Preview, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Harvard Film Archive, Italian Neorealism, Luchino Visconti

Film Review: “Spettacolo” — A Tuscan Town “That Plays Itself”

The landscape and architecture are beautifully photographed, but more important are the array of faces and the music of the voices.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Chris Shellen, documentary, Jeff Malmberg, Monticchiello, Spettacolo

Film Review: “Tehran Taboo” — Mesmerizing Animation

Tehran Taboo –- which never would have been allowed to be filmed in its title city—is technically accomplished in its often gorgeous visuals and its textured sound design.

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

Film Review: “Safe in Hell” — A Fallen Woman Picture and a Sleazy Buddy Movie

Dorothy Mackaill is riveting as Gilda, a wronged working woman turned prostitute in the no-options depths of Depression-era New Orleans.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: David Pendleton, Harvard Film Archive, Safe in Hell, William Wellman

Film Review: “Finding Kukan” at the BAAFF — A Compelling Detective Story

Finding Kukan is a compelling detective story covering the fields of World War II history and film preservation.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Boston Asian American Film Festival, documentary, Finding Kukan, Ling-ai, Rey Scott, Robin Lung

Film Review: The Complete Jean Renoir — Time for a Fascinating Experiment

The Testament of Dr. Cordelier is not a horror movie –it is more of a dark comedy.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Harvard Film Archive, Jean Renoir, Jean-Louis Barrault, The Complete Jean Renoir, The Picnic in the Grass, The Rules of the Game, The Testament of Dr. Cordelier/Le Testament du docteur Cordelier

Film Review “Spettacolo” and “One October” at the IFFBoston

From the homogeneous small town of Spettacolo, we travel to One October‘s ethnic gumbo of eight million in New York City.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Chris Shellen, Independent Film Festival Boston, Jeff Malmberg, One October, Rachel Shuman, Spettacolo

Film Review: “Sylvio” and “Tormenting the Hen” at the IFFBoston

The absurdist comedy Sylvio suffers from chronic low energy, but Tormenting the Hen is mysterious and magnetic.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Albert Birney, IFFBoston, Kentucker Audley, Sylvio, Theodore Collatos, Tormenting the Hen

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