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Film Interview: A Brief Conversation with Filmmaker Peter Flynn

April 7, 2016
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The Dying of the Light looks at the history of film projection by way of the projectionists themselves.

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Film Review: Foodie Documentary “City of Gold” — Plain Fare

March 31, 2016
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The really unforgivable thing about City of Gold: the dull, flat way in which the food is shown.

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Fuse Film Review: “Trapped” — Our Bodies, Our Clinics

March 12, 2016
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When it comes to women’s reproductive rights it is looking an awful lot like The Handmaid’s Tale out there, folks.

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Film Review: “Lou Montgomery: Legacy Restored” — Mission Accomplished

February 19, 2016
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This compact documentary presents a poignant picture of the intersection of segregation, enlightenment, and failure.

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Film Review: “Where to Invade Next” — Welcome Winds of Change

February 11, 2016
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The lightheartedness of the writing and Moore’s unkempt look are jarring, but the film effectively delivers lessons about progressive policies.

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Film Review: “Troublemakers” — Aesthetic Agitation on a Gargantuan Scale

January 14, 2016
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Land art is an outgrowth of the rebellious ’60s; radicalism taking the form of ambitious topographical rearangment.

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Film Review: “Hitchcock/Truffaut” — A Mixed Homage

December 13, 2015
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The best discussions are of Vertigo, with David Fincher, the most effective directorial voice of all those interviewed, leading the way.

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Film Review: “Men of the Cloth”—Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man

December 7, 2015
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Director Vicki Vasilopoulos has masterfully crafted a documentary about tailors, clothing, and the painstaking search for excellence.

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Film Review: Laurie Anderson’s “Heart of a Dog”—Death, Observed

November 27, 2015
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Laurie Anderson’s abstract drawings, 8mm documentary, found footage, and scratched-on celluloid are combined in a frequently mesmerizing way.

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Film Review: “In Jackson Heights”—An Urban Village Going Global

November 17, 2015
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As with so many Frederick Wiseman films, we get color, character, sociology – and cinema.

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