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About Jeffery Berg

Jeffery Berg, a writer who lives in Jersey City, NJ, is a frequent guest on the Retro Movie Love Podcast. His poetry has appeared in various journals, and his film writing can also be found on AwardsWatch and on his blog, jdbrecords.com.

Big Boys

One of the most cringeworthy and accurate films of adolescence since Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade.

By |July 23rd, 2024|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, GLBT|0 Comments

Oddity

A gothic tale of ghosts, curses, and the otherworld.

By |July 18th, 2024|Horror|0 Comments

High Tide; Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story; Mad About the Boy; Merchant Ivory | Provincetown International Film Festival 2024

The festival featured beguiling documentaries about a wide range of entertainers and the vibrant Provincetown–set High Tide.

By |June 28th, 2024|Arts, Festivals, GLBT|0 Comments

Birder

An erotic, queer serial killer movie in the tradition Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake and William Friedkin’s Cruising.

By |June 27th, 2024|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, GLBT, Thriller|0 Comments

Thelma

A silly revenge thriller and a hoot with a heart.

By |June 21st, 2024|Action, Comedy|0 Comments

Queendom

The life of Jenna Marvin, a queer performance artist from Russia, is captured in this bold and sobering documentary.

By |June 13th, 2024|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes

The documentary doesn’t shy away from Lynes’s sublime nude photography, rather it ravishes in it, as if to visually reclaim a suppressed history.

By |May 30th, 2024|Arts, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments

Aisha

Letitia Wright stars as a Nigerian seeking asylum in Ireland. Josh O’Connor co-stars.

By |May 11th, 2024|Ireland|0 Comments

I Saw the TV Glow

There is a lot to unpack and ruminate over in Jane Schoenbrun’s moody and extraordinarily layered film, where abstract ideas are made tangible.

By |May 2nd, 2024|Fantasy, Top Picks|0 Comments