David D'Arcy

Toronto Film Festival: “Nuns vs. The Vatican” — Courage, Cover-Ups, and Calls for Accountability

October 10, 2025
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“Nuns vs. The Vatican” prepares its audience for an ongoing story that is expanding each time one more victim agrees to talk publicly. Do not doubt that there will be a sequel.

Toronto International Film Festival – Putin’s Media Fixer, Ukraine “Future” Doldrums and a Korean Hijack Farce

September 27, 2025
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A trio of political films at TIFF — ranging from tragedy to farce.

Film Festival Reviews: The Toronto International Film Festival – Storks and Arctic Drama

September 22, 2025
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Two outstanding films from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival — “The Tale of Silyan” and “Wrong Husband”

Book Review: A Killing with Everything But a Body – “Murder in the Dollhouse”

September 13, 2025
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There is a moral to this story, besides the obvious one, that murder is a horrible crime whether the body is found or not. If there are wealthy women with weaknesses to exploit, predators will find them.

Film Review: Killing Time with Talk — Olivier Assayas’s “Suspended Time”

August 22, 2025
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If life among these four characters risks being so monotonous over the course of an hour and 45 minutes, just imagine what it must have been like to endure months of lockdown before a vaccine became available.

Visual Arts Review: Isamu Noguchi at the Clark — Sculpture and Unfinished Projects

August 13, 2025
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This impressive show of more than 32 works concentrates on what Isamu Noguchi could do with stone, sometimes just leaving it in abstract forms, either raw or polished, often imagining it (and cutting it) into what were meant to be essential shapes.

Film Reviews: Three Fine Docs at the Tribeca Film Festival — “Natchez,” “Underland,” and “I Was Born This Way”

July 10, 2025
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A trio of worthwhile docs at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival tour a city, stroll beneath the surface of the world, and stride through an inspirational life.

Film Reviews: Movies on Art at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival

June 28, 2025
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“Art is anything you can get away with,” said Marshall McLuhan. Three films that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival suggest that he was right.

Film Reviews: Tribeca Film Festival 2025 – A Few Discoveries

June 22, 2025
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As always, the festival supplied some revelations, plus films from countries now prominent in the news.

Visual Arts Review: Great Gallery Shows for Free in NYC – Picasso and Kentridge

June 13, 2025
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Two art exhibitions in New York should be seen multiple times. Each will deepen your appreciation of a great artist. Neither is mobbed with visitors. Each, in this wildly overpriced city, is absolutely free.

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