Film
Two PBS documentaries paint a grim picture of the American soul.
The breadth and intimacy of “Origin”‘s vision — the personal becomes the historical — is stunning, a searing portrait of collective trauma and the dark ideas that propel it.
For all of “Suitable Flesh”’s indulgence in B-movie schlock and gross-out gore, the film’s pulsating sexuality becomes its strongest asset.
Here’s a peek at 10 art house films that this critic is looking forward to in the first half of 2024.
This is an epic, breathtakingly moving, and unforgettable film about an elemental fight against cold, starvation, and fear.
Singer/actor Yves Montand’s life and career is particularly fascinating because they illuminate a telling difference between the mid-20th century political-cultural milieus of France and America.
This is a magnificent 3D documentary about the thought and work of the acclaimed German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer.
In terms of documentary-subjects-you’ll-love-to-hate, “Bitconned”‘s reptilian Ray Trapani is at the top of the line of bottom feeders.
In the spirit of revisiting this unsung indie classic, here’s an interview the critic did with director Nancy Savoca in 1993, when Household Saints was part of the Boston Film Festival.
No spoilers here about what lies beneath the film’s dreamy layers of story, but some viewers will find the narrative pulling them helplessly forward, sucked into a maelstrom of pain and trauma and love and regret and memory.
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