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The Beirut Trilogy by Jocelyne Saab: Film Review

July 05, 2024 by Samuel Harwood

IMPULSE

It is difficult to find a purer form of documentary than the Beirut Trilogy, which fulfills exactly the promise of the medium’s name. The three films document glimpses of the life of a cosmopolitan city – once known as “the Paris of the Middle East”

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July 05, 2024 /Samuel Harwood

In Hollywood's Backyard: Film Review

October 25, 2023 by Samuel Harwood

It’s something of a shame that Billy Preston never starred in a western.

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October 25, 2023 /Samuel Harwood

The Great 14th: Film Review

September 18, 2023 by Samuel Harwood

Video Librarian

The film does not directly concern itself with His Holiness’ public image nor frame itself through an editorial lens. Rather, it sits back and lets the man himself tell the story.

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September 18, 2023 /Samuel Harwood

Lonesome: Film Review

July 03, 2023 by Samuel Harwood

Video Librarian

At the beginning of Craig Boreham’s erotic drama Lonesome, we see a young man (Josh Lavery) hitchhiking down a rural highway. We don’t know who he is or where he’s going, just that he’s a cowboy.

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July 03, 2023 /Samuel Harwood

Feast for the Senses: Gallery Review

May 10, 2023 by Samuel Harwood

Aesthetica Magazine

If you have ever cut out images from a fashion magazine and pasted them together into a collage, then Under Your Smell at Photo Elysée, Lausanne, will feel somewhat familiar.

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May 10, 2023 /Samuel Harwood

Sepa, Nuestro Señor de los Milagros: Film Review

May 05, 2023 by Samuel Harwood

Video Librarian

The Swiss film producer Walter Saxer made his first trip to the Amazonian jungle in Peru in 1977. He worked there for five years as the lead production manager for Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo, which is well-known today for its troubled production history.

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May 05, 2023 /Samuel Harwood

Atlanta: When No Place is Home

September 13, 2022 by Samuel Harwood

Slant Magazine

The first episode of the fourth and final season of Atlanta sees its main characters returning from a European tour and lost in their own city.

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September 13, 2022 /Samuel Harwood

Paper Girls: A Period Time Travel Yarn that Feels Lost in Time

July 29, 2022 by Samuel Harwood

Slant Magazine

A recent USA Today article presents Paper Girls as part of a summer wave of ‘80s nostalgia, which is somewhat odd given that only the first of its eight episodes takes place in the decade.

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July 29, 2022 /Samuel Harwood

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