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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.

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

The Contestant

The bizarre 1998 Japanese phenomenon that established the template for reality TV in the 21st century.

By |May 1st, 2024|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Challengers

The trinity of the cool Hollywood star, the theater kid, and the versatile indie actor lends itself to a powerful collaboration of differing styles and tensions in this love triangle.

By |April 25th, 2024|Romance, Top Picks|0 Comments

Sasquatch Sunset

David Zellner and Nathan Zellner’s latest curiosity treks the four seasons deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest from the point of a view of a small band of Sasquatches.

By |April 11th, 2024|Comedy|0 Comments

Housekeeping for Beginners

An unusual and loving portrait of an imperfect family.

By |April 4th, 2024|GLBT|0 Comments

Wicked Little Letters

The novelty of a movie aimed at a typical anglophile audience with uptight British people swearing and reading vulgar words eventually wears thin.

By |March 28th, 2024|U. K.|0 Comments

Achilles/Samsara/Sujo | First Look 2024

It’s always a thrill when a film surprises, and Spanish filmmaker Lois Patiño’s Samsara, set in Laos and Zanzibar, is a lovely and adventurous work.

By |March 14th, 2024|Festivals|0 Comments