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Film Review: Three Shorts Featuring Writer and Activist James Baldwin, Man of the Hour

In these short films James Baldwin does not come off as a relaxed person, someone at ease with himself or quite comfortable in the world. You can feel the acute pain as he speaks.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film, Review Tagged: BALDWIN'S N*****, Black writer, documentary, Gerald Peary, James Baldwin, James Baldwin Abroad: A Program of 3 Films, JAMES BALDWIN: FROM ANOTHER PLACE, MEETING THE MAN: JAMES BALDWIN IN PARIS, Racism

Film Interview: Talking to Zach Baliva, Director of “Potentially Dangerous”

Potentially Dangerous is a documentary about an era during World War II when Italians living in the United States were persecuted and, in some cases interned, as “enemy aliens” because the US was at war with Italy.

By: James Pasto Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Boston Italian neighborhoods, documentary, Enemy Aliens, immigration, Italian-American, North End, Potentially Dangerous, Refugees, Russo Brothers Film Forum, World War II, Zach Baliva

Film Review: The Love Barge – Nicolas Philibert’s “On the Adamant” Wins Top Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival

Veteran director Nicolas Philibert’s inspiring documentary about the humane treatment of the mentally ill touched the Berlin jurors in what was a generally disappointing competition.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Berlin international Film Festival, documentary, Golden Bear, Mental Illness, Nicolas Philibert, On The Adamant, The Adamant

Film Reviews: 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films — Documentary 

A critical look at 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary showcase..

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Anne Alvergue, Betsy Sherman, by Evgenia Arbugaeva, Debra McClutchy, documentary, Haulout, How Do You Measure a Year?, Jay Rosenblatt, Joshua Seftel, Kartiki Gonsalves, Maxim Arbugaev, Stranger at the Gate, The Elephant Whisperers, The Martha Mitchell Effect

Film Review: “Retrograde” — America’s Tragic Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Now, more than a year after Kabul fell, Afghanistan, where a conflict media-branded as “America’s longest war” waged for twenty years, barely makes the news.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Afghanistan, American army, David D'Arcy, documentary, Kabul, Matthew Heineman, Retrograde

Film Review: “In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson at 50” — Dreams and Nightmares

Surprisingly, for a band whose hypnotic music throughout the documentary provides a continuum with menacing and meditative extremes that mesh with near-mathematical discipline, it’s the human elements that leave the greatest impressions..

By: Paul Robicheau Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: documentary, In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson, King Crimson at 50, Paul Robicheau, Robert Fripp, Toby Amies

Doc Talk: Tales of Exile and Return, Loss and Recovery in the Boston Palestine Film Festival

A gathering of documentaries (not to mention features and shorts) whose exploration of the perseverance of longing and identity in the wake of a historical tragedy demand to be seen.

By: Peter Keough Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Abdallah Al-Khatib, Doc Talk, documentary, Fadia's Tree, Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege), Peter Keough, Rashid Masharawi, Recovery, Sarah Beddington, The Boston Palestine Film Festival, The Devil’s Drivers

Film Review: Wait for It… “Hold Your Fire”

At a time when the nation is taking stock of the failures of our history of urban policing and looking for some new approaches, the lessons of Hold Your Fire are needed more urgently than ever.

By: Ezra Haber Glenn Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: documentary, Ezra Haber Glenn, Hold Your Fire, hostage situation, police, Police Brutality, Racism, Stefan Forbes, urban violence

Film Review: Geek Out in “Moonage Daydream.” Oh, Yeah!

A new documentary artfully and excitingly suggests what made David Bowie tick.

By: Ed Symkus Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: "Moonage Daydream, Brett Morgen, David Bowie, documentary, Ed Symkus

Doc Talk: Three Portraits of Artists — One as a Young Woman and Two as Old Men

Three recent documentaries explore the worlds of three masters of disparate but complementary art forms: photography and cinema, sculpture and painting, and toilets.

By: Peter Keough Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: documentary, Eva Hesse, Exposing Muybridge, Marc Shaffer, Marcie Begleiter, Morgan Elliott, Potty Town

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