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Thursday, December 12, 2024

Nickel Boys by Ed Halter

RaMell Ross’s adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s 2019 novel upends popular formal conventions to create a powerful portrait of institutional violence and oppression. Ethan Herisse as Elwo…

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

I Saw the TV Glow by Ed Halter

In Jane Schoenbrun’s new puzzle of a film, deconstructed horror meets ’90s coming-of-age queer narrative. Ian Foreman as Young Owen in I Saw the TV Glow. Courtesy A24. Photo: Spencer Pa…

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

Wolf Vostell by Ed Halter

In the German artist’s works confronting historical violence, a serious side to the Fluxus movement. Wolf Vostell: Dé-coll/age Is Your Life, installation view. Courtesy Harvard Art Museu…

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

Harry Smith by Ed Halter

A biography by John Szwed portrays the bohemian polymath and avant-garde artist and filmmaker in all of his uncategorizable splendor. Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith, by J…

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