Peter Keough

Doc Talk: Outspoken and Proud at the Wicked Queer Doc Fest

November 10, 2023
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As these two films at the Wicked Queer Doc Fest indicate, being non-hetero-normative in a patriarchal society is unavoidably a political statement.

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Doc Talk: Fascism Then and Now — At the Arlington International Film Festival

November 1, 2023
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A pair of documentaries featured in this year’s Arlington International Film Festival take a cold look at the death cult of fascism — past, present, and to come.

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Doc Talk: Jewish Values Celebrated in This Year’s Boston Jewish Film Festival

October 30, 2023
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In a time of outrage and grief, a trio of documentaries at the BJFF serve as a reminder of the traditional Jewish values of compassion and inclusion, reaffirming the power of activism, art, and simple acts of human kindness.

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Film Review: “Killers of the Flower Moon” — Lethal Snake Oil Salesmen

October 23, 2023
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“Killers of the Flower Moon” is an exercise in kaleidoscopic, cubist storytelling that is, among other things, an epic on the art of the grift.

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Doc Talk: Eyes in Gaza — The Boston Palestine Film Festival Looks at Harsh Realities

October 13, 2023
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Cinema at its best is a a place where seemingly irresolvable conflicts can find, if not resolution, then some common ground.

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Book Review: Filmmaker Werner Herzog’s Memoir — The Profound Voice of a Master

October 7, 2023
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Werner Herzog likes the odds in “Every Man for Himself and God Against All.”

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Television Review: “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” — The Virtues of Redemption

October 1, 2023
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Less is more in Wes Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”.

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Doc Talk: Two at CineFest Latino Boston — Totaled Recall

September 27, 2023
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What happens when, through unwillingness or incapacity, memory is lost or forsaken? Two documentaries at the CineFest Latino Boston explore some answers.

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Arts Commentary: Chile’s 9/11 — the Undying and the Undead

September 19, 2023
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Two Chilean artists look at the death of democracy and the aftermath of the 1973 coup.

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Doc Talk: Maine Attractions

September 14, 2023
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The vicious, virtual, voyeuristic, and vicarious are on view at this year’s Camden International Film Festival.

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