David D'Arcy

Film Review: Mass Murder, the Prequel — “Measures of Men” Exposes Germany’s Bloody Colonial Past

March 29, 2023
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The film’s depictions of race-based massacres are sure to make Germans uncomfortable — as preludes to the Shoah.

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Film Reviews: Golda and Sean at the Berlin International Film Festival

March 4, 2023
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This year’s Berlin International Film Festival launched a couple of films aimed at a mass audience. The results were mixed.

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Film Review: The Love Barge – Nicolas Philibert’s “On the Adamant” Wins Top Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival

February 28, 2023
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Veteran director Nicolas Philibert’s inspiring documentary about the humane treatment of the mentally ill touched the Berlin jurors in what was a generally disappointing competition.

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Sundance Film Festival Review: “Kim’s Video” — Lost and Found?

January 30, 2023
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Kim’s Video is quixotic in a nutty way — in an old Indie style — that is more refreshing than it is nostalgic.

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Film Review: Of Farms and Fate — “Eight Deadly Shots” and “Alcarràs” at the New York Film Festival

October 25, 2022
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Two films look at the hardships and realities of rural life, past and present, at the New York Film Festival.

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Visual Arts Review: Illustrations of Race at The Norman Rockwell Museum

August 30, 2022
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Norman Rockwell was troubled about race relations in American society, and he let his public know that..

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Film Review: The 2022 Tribeca Film Festival — Where the Yellow Brick Road Leads to David Lynch

June 18, 2022
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As always, the documentaries at the Tribeca Film Festival were where you found the best films. Here are four I would recommend.

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Film Review: Driving to the Exit – Panah Panahi’s “Hit the Road”

May 17, 2022
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Panah Panahi’s film is a powerful ode to the will to escape a restrictive society — and to tell stories.

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Visual Arts Review: Photographer Diane Arbus – the Prequel

August 26, 2016
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The variety of these photos give us more than just a sense of what Arbus would be doing for the last decade of her life.

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Book Review: Photographer Diane Arbus — Lingering Mysteries

August 15, 2016
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“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know,” Diane Arbus said. Her biographer notes that observation. Hard as he tries, many secrets remain.

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