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April Short Fuses – Materia Critica

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Classical Music, Featured, Film, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Allen Michie, Bill-Marx, Chick Corea, Gerald Peary, Harvey Blume, I Care A Lot, Plays, Proud Songsters, Susan Miron, Tim Barry, Two Legends

Film Review: “Violation” – Rethinking Revenge

Violation utilizes extreme violence not to revel in a revenge fantasy but to deconstruct the genre’s militantly feminist appeal — “kill your rapist” — as a self-destructive endeavor offering no catharsis whatsoever.

By: Nicole Veneto Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Dusty Mancinelli, Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Nicole Veneto, Shudder, Violation

Film Review: “Lapsis” — A Satirical Sci-Fi Send-Up of the Gig Economy

This new satirical sci-fi fable is perfect for home streaming to channel (or perhaps exacerbate) your gnawing anxieties at a world slipping into anti-human automation and free-market desperation.

By: Ezra Haber Glenn Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Ezra Haber Glenn, Lapsis, Noah Hutton

Film Interview: Bertrand Tavernier (1941-2021) Talks About – What Else? – French Cinema

We mourn the loss of an affable generous man, a bridge to a vast history, who also knew and loved American culture.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Film, Interview, Uncategorized Tagged: Bertrand Tavernier, French cinema, French film history, Journeys Through French Cinema, My Journey Through French Cinema

Film Review: “Ammonite” — Stark Romanticism

The experience of watching Ammonite may prove slightly unsettling for some viewers because there is so little cinematic artifice at work.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Ammonite, Francis Lee, Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan

Film Review: Berlin International Film Festival 2021 — a Promising Virtual Detour

This was an improved edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, and a number of films seem poised to travel widely, despite being largely ignored by the US media.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, Berlin International Film Festival 2021, David D'Arcy, Radu Jude

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Film (Part One)

If you like your films “weird, sexually provocative, and intellectually stimulating” (add violence to the mix) then our critics will feed your appetite splendidly.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Beware of a Holy Whore, David Stewart, Dušan Makavejev, Punishment Park, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Sam Peckinpah, Straw Dogs, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadaaas Song, W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism

Film Review: “The Last Blockbuster” — A Nostalgia Trip to Video Heaven

Could it be, I dream, that a resurgence in local video shops much be in the cards, like the vinyl record stores that are popping up everywhere now?

By: Patrick Milligan Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Kevin Smith, Patrick Milligan, The Last Blockbuster

Film Review: 1930’s “Ingagi” — An Elusive Beast from the Dark Shadows of American Cinema Emerges

In its day, Ingagi raked in the crowds with a promise of weird African animals and “wild” women, and a teasing of bestiality.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Ingagi

Film Review: “The Inheritance” — Brilliant and Necessary

In its celebration of current-day Black culture, and of the vitality of Black youth, The Inheritance is an optimistic work.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Ephraim Asili, La Chinoise, The Inheritance

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