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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.

The Substance

The well-worn Sunset Boulevard yarn of a Hollywood’s star’s fading relevancy gets a garish, unsubtle, and searing revamp.

By |September 18th, 2024|Horror, Top Picks|0 Comments

Holding Back the Tide

A completely unusual experience: part meditation, part tone poem, and part documentary.

By |September 5th, 2024|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Sebastian

A 25-year-old up-and-coming writer moonlights as a sex worker and relays his hook-ups in his work-in-progress novel.

By |August 2nd, 2024|GLBT|0 Comments

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