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Frederick Wiseman

Film Review: Frederick Wiseman’s “City Hall” — A Kinder, Gentler Government?

City Hall is a quiet, unsentimental celebration of civility in its many forms.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: City Hall, David D'Arcy, Frederick Wiseman

Film Review: Stop and Smell (and Watch) the Corn — Fred Wiseman Slows Down in “Monrovia, Indiana”

While nothing happens, there’s an understated splendor in all that’s uneventful here, so much so that I didn’t want to miss any of it.

By: David D’Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: David D'Arcy, documentary, Frederick Wiseman, Monrovia Indiana

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

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

By: David D’Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: documentary, Frederick Wiseman, In Jackson Heights, New York, Queens

Film Commentary: Tax Break for MA Filmmakers First — Hollywood a Far Second

Many of the films being made in Massachusetts are by independent Massachusetts filmmakers, most of them documentarians. Why is nobody talking about how to subsidize them via the tax credit?

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Film Tagged: Alexandra Anthony, Charlie Baker, David Sutherland, documentaries, Ed Pincus, Errol Morris, Frederick Wiseman, Independent film, Jeanne Jordan, Liane Brandon, Lucia Small, Mary Jane Doherty, Massaschusetts, Michal Goldman, Richard Leacock, Robb Moss, Robert Gardner, Ross McElwee, Steve Ascher

Coming Attractions in Film: September 2012

A list of unusual and compelling films coming up in September that you may not have a second chance to experience if you don’t plan your evening ahead!

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Film Tagged: 1871, Crazy Horse, Dark Horse, Frederick Wiseman, Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film, ICA, James Murphy, La Commune: Paris, Manhattan Short Film Festival, Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present, Maska, MFA, New Babylon, Shut Up and Play the Hits, The Quay Brothers, Through the Weeping Glass, Todd Solondz, What Time is Left

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