65 stories by "Betsy Sherman"
Garrett Zevgetis's multi-dimensional documentary about the struggles of Michelle Smith, legally blind and diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, is hardly predictable.
Varieté will be the tenth score composed by a Sheldon Mirowitz class and played by the Berklee Silent Film Orchestra.
The Lady in the Van is quite enjoyable, but has a significant flaw.
Jean Epstein's body of work is full of pleasures, surprises, and the revelation that this vigorous director broke ground for filmmakers and cinematic movements to come.
I loved this book, and it will hold a cherished place on my comedy book-shelf.
Yet another cinematic variation on Mary Shelley's novel -- and this one too often opts for slick jolts of adrenalin over credibility.
Bill Griffith, the creator of Zippy the Pinhead, dives deep into his personal life in his extraordinary new graphic memoir.
The improved viewing experience of the 1931 version of The Front Page enhances the stature of director Lewis Milestone as an early-talkie innovator and shows off the crack ensemble cast.
A labor of love that's more than merely that, Call Me Lucky is one of the few great movies to come out so far this year.
The narrative's joining of adolescent romance and occult-tinged police procedural occasionally seems basted together, there's a winning combination of goofy humor and social critique.
Happily, Blythe Danner is the central figure in an immensely pleasurable indie film that blends the integrity of an art film with the cozy accessibility of the mainstream.
The comedy-tinged-with-drama touches on themes tackled by a bunch of recent indie movies that center on characters in their thirties and forties who feel like imposters in the world of adult…
H. relies on clever editing manipulations and pithy reaction shots rather than on flashy special effects.
Stray Dog shows us again and again, through its protagonist's words and actions, that you can't judge a book by its cover, or its red neck.
Two powerful documentaries that explore the dark side of America, past and present.
Oh, to be a lead character in a Borzage movie. You might expire during the final dissolve into "The End," but man oh man, you will have loved. And you will have been loved.
Xavier Dolan's up-close look at a mother-son relationship has the intensity of a John Cassavetes film -- it can be gut-wrenching to watch.
Rosewater is a movie for the idealists, with the implied hope that a principled and conscientious mass media can give the new breed of technologically savvy activists a louder voice.
An exciting complement to the new book is a traveling retrospective of Hou Hsiao-hsien's films, a rare opportunity to see 19 of the director's movies shown on 35mm film: at Cambridge's Harva…
No No: A Dockumentary presents a textured portrait, on and off the field, of '70s pitching phenomenon Dock Ellis.
Writer-director Catherine Breillat's Abuse of Weakness is a fascinating, nicely restrained look at what in retrospect was a parasitic relationship.
The stupendous Fritz Lang retrospective running over the course of this summer at Harvard Film Archive will soon screen two Lang remakes (in America) of films directed by Jean Renoir.
Two significant feature debuts at the MFA's French Film Festival -- Age of Panic goes where few movies have gone before, while Apaches trains a calm, dispassionate gaze on disaffected youth.
This year's Boston French Film Festival (July 10 through 27) proffers a just-about 50-50 mix of male and female directors.
Like the Jon Savage book it is based on, "Teenage" avoids gooey nostalgia; the documentary's enjoyable to watch, and refreshingly not tongue-in-cheek. There's a toughness at its core that gi…
