Peter Keough

Doc Talk: In “Steal This Story, Please!,” the Free, Independent Press Persists

April 29, 2026
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A brisk, galvanizing portrait of “Democracy Now!”‘s Amy Goodman and the stubborn fight for adversarial journalism.

Doc Talk: Local Heroes and Big Questions at Independent Film Festival Boston

April 22, 2026
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The spirit of Frederick Wiseman lives on at the IFFBoston.

Film Retrospective: Conmen and Catastrophe — The Works of Béla Tarr and László Krasznahorkai

April 16, 2026
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A retrospective of four films by those two Hungarian artists unfolds as a monochromatic monolith of mud, misery, human folly, and inexorable corruption.

Doc Talk: Documenting Defiance –Two Portraits of Courage at the National Center for Jewish Film Festival

April 9, 2026
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Claude Lanzmann’s haunted pursuit of testimony and Henrietta Szold’s humanitarian legacy illuminate the enduring power of courage and conscience.

Doc Talk: Hammer’s Gaze, Rimbaud’s Renunciation — Unyielding Queer Legacies

April 5, 2026
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A pair of eminent lives — celebrated.

Film Review: Christian Petzold’s “Miroirs No. 3” — Light as Air, Heavy with Secrets

March 26, 2026
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The narrative is filled with secrets and mysteries that tease and fade away — and the deepest mysteries lie within that basic social unit, the family.

Doc Talk: From Fiume to Gaza, Salem Film Fest Stares Down History

March 25, 2026
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The world almost makes sense at this year’s Salem Film Fest.

Doc Talk: “André Is an Idiot” — Death Be Not So Serious

March 19, 2026
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The documentary tries, perhaps a bit too hard, to turn the Grim Reaper into the Grin Reaper.

Book Review: Unquiet Graves and Uneasy Truths in “Centroeuropa”

March 12, 2026
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An engaging and entertaining mystery, told in an evocative period setting, that deconstructs narrative conventions, analyzes the artifice of identity, and critiques the capitalist patriarchal system.

Doc Talk: Keeping Time at the Boston Baltic Film Festival

February 27, 2026
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Admiring looks at a wealth of illuminating documentaries in this year’s gathering.

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