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June Short Fuses — Materia Critica

June 1, 2025
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

Book Review: “Film After Film” — The Shadow History of Our Times as Seen on the Big Screen

June 4, 2013
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It may be only a movie, but in his book “Film after Film,” former Village Voice writer J. Hoberman proves he isn’t just a movie critic.

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