Film Review: I Was at Home, But… Written, directed, produced, and edited by Angela Schanelec. Germany, 2019, 105 min. Screening at Harvard Film Archive on Monday, 2.10, 7 pm, with Schanelec in-person. $12. Her eighth feature-length film but the first to receive official distribution in the United States, Angela Schanelec’s I Was at Home, […]
FILM REVIEW: “SMITHEREENS” AND “HER SMELL” AT THE BRATTLE
Susan Seidelman’s Smithereens (1982) and Alex Ross Perry’s Her Smell (2019), which play back-to-back at the Brattle Theatre next week (Aug. 15) as a punk rock double feature, are films made in completely different keys. One, Smithereens, is a snapshot of a 1980s New York City that no longer exists, captured in its gritty, natural […]
FILM REVIEW: “COLD WEATHER” AND “GEMINI” AT THE HFA
Things do not go according to plan in Aaron Katz’s films. This has been the case with his work from the start. People disappear and plans get put on ice, as do relationships between characters. These films then turn into quirky, surprisingly intriguing mysteries. Katz’s two best works, Gemini (2018) and Cold Weather (2010), will […]
