Peter Keough

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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Film Review: “A Different Man”– Odd Man Out

September 30, 2024
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It is on the universal theme of identity that “A Different Man” resonates most eloquently, demonstrating how who we are is not fixed but chosen, a mask we don whether it fits or not.

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Film Reviews: DocTalk at the Camden International Film Festival

September 12, 2024
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The cinematic shindig’s lineup features unconventional takes on familiar subjects.

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Film Review: “Close Your Eyes” — Through the Past, Darkly

September 6, 2024
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Spanish director Victor Erice looks back at what’s lost and gained in “Close Your Eyes”.

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Book Review: A Good Russian

September 6, 2024
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“Displaced” views life during wartime as seen by both sides.

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Film Revival Review: “Lost Highway” Takes Its Toll

August 23, 2024
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For David Lynch, “Lost Highway” is a transitional film of sorts, a limbo-like zone between the innocence redeemed in “Blue Velvet” and the innocence corrupted in “Mulholland Drive”.

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Film Review: Kids Know the Darnedest Things in “Good One”

August 17, 2024
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A buffer between two bruised and only fitfully reflective egos, Sam finds herself in an awkward position, one which becomes increasingly untenable as lines of trust are crossed and power dynamics exploited.

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Doc Talk: Advertisements for Himself — “How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer”

August 15, 2024
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A testament to the power of benignant narcissism.

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