Peter Keough

Doc Talk: Grievous Bodily Charms in “S/He Is Still Her/e: The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary”

November 19, 2024
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Director David Charles Rodrigues incorporates this wealth of material, a superflux of images generated by Genesis P-Orridge and the various artistic enterprises s/he founded, with concision and insight. The life and work of his subject is chronicled over the course of a lucid and kaleidoscopic 100 minutes.

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Doc Talk: Fame and Obscurity at “Wicked Queer Docs”

November 14, 2024
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Documentaries on George Michael, Janis Ian, and Jackie Shane look at musicians who grappled with the fear and consequences of expressing their true identities.

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Film Review: “Blitz” — Children’s Crusade

November 11, 2024
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In director Steve McQueen’s “Blitz”, chaos can be a scary but exciting adventure, as tragedy and trauma mingle with the magic of a fairy tale.

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DocTalk: The Boston Jewish Film Festival — Delicately Retrieving the Past

November 6, 2024
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Memory – elusive and essential, tormenting and inescapable – serves as a theme for several of the documentaries in this year’s BJFF.

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DocTalk: Mimicking the Master’s Voice in “My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock”

October 29, 2024
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To his credit, Mark Cousins does provide some insights into Alfred Hitchcock’s motifs and obsessions, from doors to staircases to creepy, dank interiors crammed with gizmos, gewgaws, and cobwebs.

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Doc Talk: Errol Morris Exposes Trump’s Border Terrorism in “Separated”

October 25, 2024
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“Separated” is a compelling, urgent, and essential examination of an ongoing injustice that every American should see and ponder before going to the polls.

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Film Review: “Conclave” — Autumn of the Patriarchy

October 23, 2024
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Calling out papal bull in the twisty, provocative, and subversive “Conclave”.

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Film Review: “Rumours” — It All Ends with a Whimper

October 21, 2024
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Few other films this year will match the absurd satiric heights of director Guy Maddin’s “Rumours”.

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Doc Talk: The Boston Palestine Film Festival — Visions of Loss and Recovery

October 18, 2024
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At The Boston Palestine Film Festival: a recognition of what remains and a restoration of what is lost.

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Film Review: “The Goldman Case” — One More Time, J’accuse

October 17, 2024
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Cédric Kahn’s conventional but fiery true-life courtroom drama hones in on French racism and anti-semitism.

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