Peter Keough
At the Boston Jewish Film Festival, three films follow women who persist in the face of prejudice, buried secrets, and unjust laws.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year. And there is plenty of disagreement.
Guns, anti-Semitism, paranoid conspiracy theories — it never gets old.
A lot seems to be going on beneath the surface, but the surface itself is so beguiling, with the scenery, sea, and sunsets rapturously shot on digital cameras by cinematographer Artur Tort, and with the alternately lulling and agitating soundtrack, that the urgency tends to lapse.
Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski’s marvel universe explored in Three Colors.

Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2023
Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year. And there is plenty of disagreement.
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