Betsy Sherman
Even an imperfect work-for-hire like Damaged Lives can show the touch of an artist.
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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.
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The landscape and architecture are beautifully photographed, but more important are the array of faces and the music of the voices.
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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.
Read MoreDorothy Mackaill is riveting as Gilda, a wronged working woman turned prostitute in the no-options depths of Depression-era New Orleans.
Read MoreFinding Kukan is a compelling detective story covering the fields of World War II history and film preservation.
Read MoreThe interviewees sound warnings about how we have self-sorted, online and in the real world, into echo-chamber communities of like-minded people.
Read MoreFrom the homogeneous small town of Spettacolo, we travel to One October‘s ethnic gumbo of eight million in New York City.
Read MoreThe absurdist comedy Sylvio suffers from chronic low energy, but Tormenting the Hen is mysterious and magnetic.
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Jazz Perspective: Zev Feldman – A Sherlock of a Producer with an Impressive Portfolio