Peter Keough

Film Review: “A Poet” — The Agony and Ecstasy of Mediocrity

February 4, 2026
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He’s not a poet and he doesn’t know it.

Film Festival Reviews: Persian Gulf

January 31, 2026
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In secret and in exile, the power of cinema prevails at the Boston Festival of Films from Iran.

Book Review: The “Night” Movies of Film Critic A.S. Hamrah

December 9, 2025
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Once again, critic A.S. Hamrah sheds perceptive light on our cinematic malaise.

Film Review: “Hamnet” — Not to Be

November 24, 2025
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In Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet,” the Bard is a bore.

Film Review: Troubled “Dreams”

November 17, 2025
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This is a lyrical, visually arresting, if sometimes verbally prolix film version of Denis Johnson’s sublime 2011 novella.

DocTalk: Wicked Queer Festival — Make Your Body Talk

November 14, 2025
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The word made flesh at WQ: Docs

Doc Talk: The Boston Jewish Film Festival 2025 — Festival of Light

November 3, 2025
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The Boston Jewish Film Festival supplies some glimmers of optimism.

Film Review: Del Toro’s “Frankenstein” — Creature Comfortless

October 26, 2025
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The monster almost comes alive. 

Film Review: “Blue Moon” — Hart Broken

October 25, 2025
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Director Richard Linklater gets lyrical in “Blue Moon.”

Doc Talk: Eyes in Gaza

October 16, 2025
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Documentaries at the Boston Palestine Film Festival look into the abyss.

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