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Gerald Peary

Film Review: “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” — Close to an Infomercial

If the filmmakers are going to delve into the Jazz Fest vaults, how is it possible to show only a few seconds of Professor Longhair and nothing of James Booker, the Meters, the Neville Brothers? Not good.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Gerald Peary, Jazz Fest, Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story, New Orleans

Film Review: The Documentary “The Will to See” — Muckraking, Fierce and Absorbing

Again and again, we are taken in The Will to See to places where regular reporters never venture, and certainly not filmgoers.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Dispatches from a World of Misery and Hope, documentary, Gerald Peary, The Will to See

Book Review: “The Swells” — Expertly Cruising Through Satiric Waters

Is it possible that adventurous readers have a better feel for the virtues of this zany, demanding satire than fuddy-duddy critics?

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Gerald Peary, The Swells, Will Aitken

February Short Fuses – Materia Critica

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes, Breaking Bread, Buster Keaton, Camera Man, Dana Stevens, Gerald Peary, Jonathan Blumhofer, Michel Franco, Murderville, Novus String Quartet, Rodrigo Garcia, Sarah Osman, Sony Classical, Sundown, Tim Jackson, Tim Roth, Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience

Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2021

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Ed Symkus, Ezra Haber Glenn, Gerald Peary, Nicole Veneto, Peg Aloi, Sarah Osman, Tim Jackson

Film Review: “West Side Story” — An Unnecessary Remake

Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is fairly entertaining, fairly decent, but that’s about it.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Gerald Peary, Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner, West-side-story

Film Review: “Bergman Island” — Isle of Frustration

Bergman Island is a curious, intelligent film that suffers from a disappointing breakdown.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Bergman Island, Gerald Peary, Mia Hansen-Løve, Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps

October Short Fuses – Materia Critica

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Short Fuses Tagged: A Story That Happens, Allen Michie, Bill-Marx, Bis, BMOP/sound, Dalkey Archive Press, Dan O'Brien, Deutsche Grammophon, Fear & Fantasy, Gerald Peary, Gil-Rose, Hard Luck Love Song, Jason Isbell, Jason M. Rubin, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Jonathan Blumhofer, Justin Corsbie, Justin Hayward, Kristy Edmunds, Krystian Zimerman, La Reine de Saba, Luz, Mark Favermann, MASS MoCA, Mauricio J. Rodriguez, Nico Muhly, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Odyssey Opera, Paul Robicheau, Pentatone, Vapors of Morphine

Film Commentary: Dorothy Davenport — Neglected American Female Cineaste

The Road to Ruin is a practically unknown film begging for discovery, and to be championed as a startling example of pre-Code cinema. And as a keystone for creating a directorial reputation for “Mrs. Wallace Reid.”

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Dorothy Davenport, Gerald Peary, Mrs. Wallace Reid, The Road to Ruin

June Short Fuses – Materia Critica

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film, Jazz, Music, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: Allen Michie, Amusement Park, Antonine Volodine, Archetypes, Bill-Marx, Framing Britney Spears, Gerald Peary, Hamid Drake, Intakt Records, Irène Schweizer, Jonathan Blumhofer, Neil Giordano, Sérgio and Clarice Assad, Solo Viola, Third Coast Percussion, University of Minnesota Press

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