Gerald Peary

Book Review: “Movie Freak” — A Critic Who Doesn’t Hold Back

April 13, 2016
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If Owen Gleiberman has any complaint against today’s world of criticism it’s that everyone seems to be speaking in one voice.

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Film Review: “Everybody Wants Some!” — Richard Linklater’s Remembrance of Teams Past

April 6, 2016
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I was finally won over in the last act, when Everybody Wants Some! turns a little emotional, a little “girly.”

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Film Review: Foodie Documentary “City of Gold” — Plain Fare

March 31, 2016
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The really unforgivable thing about City of Gold: the dull, flat way in which the food is shown.

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Fuse Film Review: Critical Impressions of SXSW 2016

March 24, 2016
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The Obamas coming to speak was a rowdy “FU” from the progressive-minded Fest to the rest of Ted Cruz Texas.

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Fuse Film Review: The Cartagena International Film Festival 2016

March 10, 2016
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It’s easy to understand the lure of this historic walled city on the Caribbean.

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Film Review: “Southbound” — Going Nowhere

February 12, 2016
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It’s Twilight Zone eerie, as we embark on an anthology film of connected horror stories all happening on the Lost Highway.

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Film Review: “Hail, Caesar!” — A Sharp Tinsel Town Send-up

February 11, 2016
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The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, provide an on-target parody in Hail, Caesar!, their funny period comedy set in ’50s Hollywood.

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Film Review: “Hitchcock/Truffaut” — A Mixed Homage

December 13, 2015
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The best discussions are of Vertigo, with David Fincher, the most effective directorial voice of all those interviewed, leading the way.

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Film Review: Laurie Anderson’s “Heart of a Dog”—Death, Observed

November 27, 2015
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Laurie Anderson’s abstract drawings, 8mm documentary, found footage, and scratched-on celluloid are combined in a frequently mesmerizing way.

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Film Review: “By the Sea”—Art House in Hollywood

November 11, 2015
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What keeps the film churning? Not much. A bit of withheld information.

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