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“Architecton” Reflects on Architecture
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
July 31, 2025
Architecton (Victor Kossakovsky, 2024) 3½ out of 5 stars From documentarian Victor Kossakovsky (Gunda) comes an elliptical film that unites seemingly disparate sequences via a common theme. Described in its press notes as “an extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete, and its ancestor, stone,” Architecton features Kossakovsky’s usual array of gorgeous images drawing cinematic power from the way ... >>
Woods Hole Review: “Folktales”
By Billy Ray Brewton
July 30, 2025
Folktales (Heidi Ewing/Rachel Grady, 2025) 4 out of 5 stars What I would have given for something like Pasvik Folk High School when I was a kid. Growing up in the rural South, and also being a summer-camp kid, I was pre-disposed to working in and around nature. I’ve been able to build a fire from scratch since I was in junior high. Outdoor camping is something as familiar to me as driving a car, even though I don’t do it nearly as much as I once ... >>
Fantasia Review: “Noise”
By Billy Ray Brewton
July 23, 2025
Noise (Kim Soo-jin, 2024) 3½ out of 5 stars It pains me to say, as a top-tier horror geek, that I was late to the J-horror movement. Sure, I watched the American remakes, but I was well into my late twenties before I dove into the massive catalogue of J-horror films that were released in the late ‘90s onward. And while I don’t have the same affection for that movement as others, there are certain titles that have never left me. Even the weakest ... >>
Fantasia Review: “Sweetness”
By Billy Ray Brewton
July 22, 2025
Sweetness (Emma Higgins, 2025) 4 out of 5 stars Let me MapQuest this for you (yes, I’m old): • Turn left on Fatal Attraction Boulevard • Go 10-miles and take a right on Resolution Way • Go four-miles and take a slight left on Eighth Grade Street • Go 0.5 miles and you have reached your destination ... >>
Interview with “Shari & Lamb Chop” Director Lisa D’Apolito
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
July 18, 2025
In her latest documentary, Shari & Lamb Chop (which I reviewed out of DOC NYC 2023), director Lisa D’Apolito—whose previous documentary, Love, Gilda, is about the late actress and comedian Gilda Radner—explores the life of Shari Lewis, famous for her various television stints that began in the 1950s and ran until close her to death in 1998 at the age of 65. Her most celebrated creation was Lamb Chop, a sock puppet brought to vivid life ... >>

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