“It’s easy to see why we have such a lousy life and such great literature.”
Peter Keough
Arts Remembrance: Lucia Small, 1963-2022
This is a profound loss to cinema and to Boston’s filmmaking community in particular, a close-knit group in which Lucia Small enjoyed many friendships and engaged in fruitful collaborations.
Doc Talk: Five New Nonfiction Films Worth a Look
From Mobile to Mars, from the mind of Robin Williams to the rise and fall of a Pez entrepreneur, and with a side trip to Newton South High.
Film Review: Female Trouble and Male Troublemaking in “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Aftersun”
Both of these films explore the theme of difficult males and resilient, caregiving females.
Film Review: Watching the Detective in Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave”
Yes, an ingeniously kaleidoscopic surface, but is there anything here, in terms of motivation, to justify all the fuss?
Doc Talk: Tales of Exile and Return, Loss and Recovery in the Boston Palestine Film Festival
A gathering of documentaries (not to mention features and shorts) whose exploration of the perseverance of longing and identity in the wake of a historical tragedy demand to be seen.
October Short Fuses – Materia Critica
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Doc Talk: The Camden International Film Festival — Location, Location, Location
This year the Camden International Film Festival, which may be the finest documentary film festival in New England, examines the importance of place.
September Short Fuses – Materia Critica
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Film Review: Ozon Layer — “Peter von Kant” and the Anxiety of Influence
Inevitably, by recasting Petra von Kant as a version of Rainer Werner Fassbinder himself, François Ozon has rendered the film self-consciously cinematic.