Peg Aloi

Film Review: “Cyrano” — Beauty Is Truth, Truth Beauty

February 27, 2022
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There is much to recommend in this opulently romantic film.

Film Review: “Margrete, Queen of the North” — One Matriarch, One Scandinavia

February 14, 2022
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This is an opulent and ambitious historical drama, as attentive to small intimate scenes as it is to grandiose action sequences.

Film Review: “Munich: The Edge of War” — The Necessity of Resistance

February 13, 2022
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A suspenseful, finely-crafted historical thriller that reminds us that the triumph of evil depends on good men doing nothing.

Film Reviews: Sundance 2022, Dispatch #6 — Learning from the Past

January 30, 2022
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This dispatch reviews three documentaries that are very different from each other, but are all fascinating and engaging. This was an excellent year for documentaries at Sundance. I will review several more before this year’s dispatches are complete.

Film Reviews: Sundance 2022, Dispatch #5 — Nature, and Healing

January 29, 2022
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These three Sundance films supplied very intense viewing experiences.

Film Reviews: Sundance 2022, Dispatch #4 — Trauma and Terror

January 27, 2022
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When given a choice, tend to choose films that are fairly harrowing to watch. The next three Sundance Fest films on my slate were often disturbing, but also powerful and inspiring on many levels.

Film Reviews: Sundance 2022, Dispatch #3 — What Remains

January 25, 2022
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I’ve seen a really interesting assortment of films so far. I can’t recite them all from memory,  but they’re not blurring into each other, either. Not yet, anyway.

Film Reviews: Sundance 2022, Dispatch #2 — In the Flesh

January 23, 2022
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My second Sundance dispatch deals with abortion, torture and cannibalism: what a scintillating combination for a bitterly cold weekend!

Film Reviews: Sundance 2022 — Dispatch #1, People Are Horrible and Amazing

January 22, 2022
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The first three films I saw at the Sundance Film Festival were very high-profile premieres.

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

December 23, 2021
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Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year.

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