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Betsy Sherman

Film Review: Dennis Hopper’s “Out of the Blue” — Still a Stunner

A welcome homecoming for a new 4K digital restoration of a landmark independent film that’s attained cult status.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Brattle Theatre, Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Out of the Blue

Film Review: “Polar Bear” — A Mother’s Tale of Survival in the Arctic

The protagonist of this engrossing, and troubling, story must draw on all her accumulated knowledge in order to cope with degradations to her habitat caused by what we, the viewers, know as global warming/climate change.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Disney, Polar Bear, Polar Bears International

Arts Remembrance: Homage to Gilbert Gottfried — One of America’s Most Original Stand-ups

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried’s passing has hit me harder than most deaths of my celebrity faves: it’s a deprivation I can feel in my stomach.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Gilbert Gottfried

Film Review: “The Great Postal Heist” — Clear and Present Danger to a Great American Institution

This effective advocacy documentary charts the 21st-century decline of a great American institution (one established in the U.S. Constitution). It’s also a wake-up call alerting us that things didn’t have to happen this way.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Television Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Jay Galione, The Great Postal Heist, US Postal Service, Vimeo

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

More homages to 1971’s magnificent bursts of cinematic iconoclasm, from McCabe & Mrs. Miller to The Music Lovers and Walkabout.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Ed Symkus, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Michael Marano, Neil Giordano, The Music Lovers, THX 1138, Walkabout

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

More homages to 1971’s magnificent bursts of cinematic iconoclasm.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Duel, Harold and Maude, Michael Marano, Neil Giordano, Peg Aloi, The Devils, Two-Lane Blacktop

Film Review: “Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché” — Courage and Artistry Relevant to Our Moment

The documentary strikes a remarkably rich vein, covering not only music, fashion and a late-1970s social critique, but also matters of race, class, gender, mental health and spirituality.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Celeste Bell, Generation Indigo, Germ Free Adolescents, Paul Sng, Poly Styrene, Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, X-Ray Spex

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: “News of the World” — An Intimate Two-Shot of a Western

The filmmakers use their story to point towards a way to help us navigate through our own polarization; it has something to do with each of us widening our perspective to take in more than just our immediate experience.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, News of the World, Paul Greengrass, Tom Hanks, Western

Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2020

Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Gerald Peary, Neil Giordano, Peg Aloi, Tim Jackson

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