Tim Jackson
With exception of one narrative chiller, and a look at singer Karen Carpenter, the best films I saw were documentaries on the lives and careers of significant African-Americans.
Five reviews of the kind of films that the Provincetown Film Festival celebrates. Their stories speak to our shared humanity.
Kerry Howley’s expose is a vibrant report on the chaotic and often disquieting world of surveillance and national security.
The Worst Ones is a distinctive cinematic achievement – it is deeply moving film that offers a critique of itself.
Florence Pugh tends to be cast as beautiful and indomitable characters faced with the very real possibility of madness or defeat.
By drawing on the insight and humor in Don DeLillo’s novel, Noah Baumbach manages to find (at least for me) affirmation and comfort in this portrait of the randomness of contemporary existence.
Thank you, Dino, for all you contributed to music and to the art of drumming.
Charlie’s Good Tonight does a fine job of illuminating Charlie Watts’ personality and paying homage to the drummer’s admirable legacy.
Singer and songwriter Robin Lane talks about the genesis of her new album. She will be performing live around New England with a new ensemble.
Crucially, Blonde lacks a sense of joy. As Marilyn Monroe crumbles into an alcohol and drug haze, this expressionistic version of her life disintegrates into a succession of discomforting, sometimes laughable, scenarios.
Arts Commentary: The Last Laugh — Stephen Colbert, Comedy, and Cultural Resistance