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Neil Giordano

Streaming Docs: The Best of 2020 in Review — Part 1, Past and Present

2020 offered another rich year for the documentary form, well beyond the tabloid entertainment of the likes of Tiger King

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Bloody Nose Empty Pockets, Class Action Park, Neil Giordano, Spaceship Earth

Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2020

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Gerald Peary, Neil Giordano, Peg Aloi, Tim Jackson

Podcast Review: “Team Deakins” — For Film Geeks Only (and That’s not a Bad Thing)

The podcast Team Deakins has quite a bit to teach us about the art and craft of cinematography.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: James Deakins, Neil Giordano, Roger Deakins, Team Deakins

Film Review: The 2020 Oscar Documentary Short Films

A critical look at this year’s Oscar-nominated documentary shorts.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: 2020 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts, documentary, Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl), Life Overtakes Me, Live Overtakes Me, Neil Giordano, St. Louis Superman, Walk Run Cha-Cha

Film Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2019

Our demanding critics choose the best (and the most disappointing) films of the year.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Betsy Sherman, Gerald Peary, Neil Giordano, Peg Aloi, Tim Jackson

Film Review: “63 Up” and the Wonders of Existence

“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.” –- Hamlet

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: 63 Up, Michael Aped, Neil Giordano

Film Review: “Knives Out” — Razor Sharp

At a time when Kenneth Branagh busies himself clogging up multiplexes with bombastic Agatha Christie all-star remakes, director/writer Rian Johnson revels in subversion of the genre.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Daniel Craig, Knives Out, Neil Giordano, Rian Johnson.

Streaming Docs — Autumn 2019

Wondering where to find the best documentaries on digital platforms? Look no further.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Television Tagged: documentaries, Neil Giordano

Film Review: “Parasite” — Notes from the Underclass Underground

Parasite’s powerful vision of the existentially downtrodden offers equal nods to Karl Marx and Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Neil Giordano, Parasite

Film Review: “Ad Astra” — Stoic to a Fault

An attempt to comment on contemporary masculinity, but without enough mind or matter to make much of an impact.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Ad Astra, Brad Pitt, Neil Giordano

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