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2021 Movies Reviewed in Five Words or Less

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Ken Dowell

My favorites, and a couple clunkers. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Belfast, film, Jockey, movie reviews, movies, Power of the Dog, Summer of Soul | 3 Comments

I Was at Sundance Without Ever Leaving My Couch

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Ken Dowell

Pink clouds and prime time hostages. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged El Planeta, film, Jockey, Life in a Day 2020, movie reviews, movies, Prime Time, Sundance Film Festival, The Captains of Zaatari, The Pink Cloud | 8 Comments

Montclair Film Festival 2020: Movies That Make You Want to Go Out and Vote

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Election-time fare in the pandemic cinema. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged documentary, film, film fesstivals, Freeland, Montclair Film Festival, movie reviews, movies, Nomadland, Surge, The New Corporation, Us Kids | 7 Comments

Montclair Film Festival 2020: Best Of

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Hate, love and Zappa Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged documentaries, Down a Dark Stairwell, Farewell Amor, film, film festivals, Montclair Film Festival, movie reviews, movies, My Name is Sara, Two of Us, Zappa | 10 Comments

What to Think of Thomas Edison

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Ken Dowell

The man, the book, the movie Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews, History | Tagged Book reviews, electricity, George Westinghouse, history, movie reviews, Nicola Tesla, The Current War, The Last Days of Night, Thomas Edison, Thomas Edison National Historical Park, West Orange | 12 Comments

Montclair Film Festival ’18: I Laughed, I Cried, I Scratched My Head and Wondered Why

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Ken Dowell

Ian McEwan, Sammy Davis Jr., Laurel and Hardy, and the 5 Browns Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Animals, documentaries, film, film festivals, Ian McEwan, Laurel and Hardy, Montclair Film Festival, movie reviews, movies, On Chesil Beach, Sammy Davis Jr., The 5 Browns, The Misogynists | 4 Comments

On the 50th Anniversary of a Summer of Urban Warfare in America

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Ken Dowell

Are we really better off now than we were 50 years ago? Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged 1967, cities, Detroit, film, Michigna, movie reviews, New Jersey, Newark, racism, Revolution '67, urban affairs, urban riots | 3 Comments

Montclair Film Festival 6 — From Baltimore to Paradise

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Ken Dowell

Highlights from the first five days. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brave New Jersey, documentaries, Dolores, films, Montclair Film Festival, movie reviews, movies, Paradise, Step | 6 Comments

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