David D'Arcy

Film Festival Review: DOC NYC – Families and Insects

November 25, 2023
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Three first-rate documentaries at DOC NYC that examine the crimes of the past and the fragility of the present.

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New York Film Festival: “Pictures of Ghosts” — Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Phantom Cinema

October 25, 2023
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This thoughtful documentary watches cinemas vanish from a Brazilian city.

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New York Film Festival 2023: “Maestro,” Chinese Youth, and a Turkish Teacher

October 15, 2023
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As always, the New York Film Festival was a mix of art films that may never see general release with a few star-laden commercial movies angling for awards.

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Film Festival Reviews: TIFF 2023 — Human Remains in the North and More from Finland

September 22, 2023
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Four reviews of films about existence — past and present — for the marginalized in Scandinavia.

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Film Festival Reviews: TIFF 2023 — In School, On the Streets, and In the Woods

September 19, 2023
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Reviews of three dark films that probe the crisis of authority, immigration, and feminism in Europe

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Film Festival Reviews: TIFF 2023 — Corruption and Cops

September 14, 2023
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Reviews of three films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival that draw connections between class, violence, and politics.

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Visual Arts Review: At the Met in New York — A Fashion Factory and an Enslaved Assistant to Velásquez

July 10, 2023
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Two exhibitions merit a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art — but soon. Each closes July 16.

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Film Reviews: Tribeca Film Fest Docs 2 — A Troubled Swedish Family, Rock Hudson, and More

June 29, 2023
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More reviews of noteworthy documentaries at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.

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Film Reviews: Tribeca Docs — An Artist Confronts Iran’s Mullahs, Culture Rebuilds in Ukraine

June 21, 2023
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By David D’Arcy At the Tribeca Film Festival this year, documentaries led the way as usual. A Revolution on Canvas (Untitled Nicky Nodjoumi), directed by Till Schauder and Sara Nodjoumi, is an ambitious look at one family’s experience of the Iranian dynastic dictatorship and its successor, the Iranian Islamic revolution. The film is the story…

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Film Review: “The Museum of the Revolution” – Mother and Child in a Mausoleum of Socialism

June 6, 2023
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The Museum of the Revolution resonates with other powerful documentaries that feel like fairy tales set in a dangerous world.

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