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Steve Erickson

Film Review: “Inside” — The Art of Survival

Inside‘s visceral demonstration of the alienating capacity of technology and the reduction of art to rich people’s toys may be a bit pat, but the film finds the space within these cliches to stage a compelling human drama.

By: Steve Erickson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: inside, Steve Erickson, Vasilis Katsoupis, Willem Dafoe

March Short Fuses — Materia Critica

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

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Review, Short Fuses Tagged: Alice Phoebe Lou, Antigone, Arch-Conspirator, Backwoodz Studioz, Blake Maddux, Boston in Transit: Mapping the History of Public Transportation in The Hub, Buffalo Philharmonic, Christian Tezlaff, Clea Simon, Donna Leon, Eyelids, Garret Shanley, Greek Tragedy, Grove Atlantic, JoAnn Falletta, Lars Vogt, Lorcan Finnegan, Margaret Bonds, Mark Favermann, MIT Press, Nocebo, Ondine, science-fiction, SKECH185, So Shall You Reap, Sophocles, Steve Erickson, Steven Beaucher, Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence, strongboi, Tanya Tetzlaff, Veronica Roth, Ziv Yamin

Film Review: “No Bears” — An Iranian Director’s Muted Act of Subversion

Rather than coming across as angry or urgent, Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s No Bears feels muted, perhaps even subdued to the point of depression.

By: Steve Erickson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Jafar Panahi, No Bears, Steve Erickson

Film Review: “One Fine Morning” — The Ambiguities of Love

One Fine Morning lives up to its sunny title, even if it’s a bit less optimistic than you might expect.

By: Steve Erickson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Léa Seydoux, Mia Hansen-Løve, One Fine Morning, Pascal Greggory, Steve Erickson

Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2022

Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year. And there is plenty of disagreement.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Film Tagged: Ed Symkus, Gerald Peary, Nicole Veneto, Peg Aloi, Steve Erickson, Tim Jackson

Film Review: “Armageddon Time” — Falling Between Two Worlds

In James Gray’s new film, the tragedy and pain behind Jewish assimilation lurks just out of frame.

By: Steve Erickson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time, James Gray, Jeremy Strong, Steve Erickson

Film Review: “Bros” — A Thoroughly Mainstream Gay Rom-Com

Bros jokes about the hypocrisies of corporate diversity — often accurately, and with a cutting edge — while embodying some of the same problems.

By: Steve Erickson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Billy Eichner, Bros, Nicholas Stoller, Steve Erickson

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