Susan Kemp
27 articles written by Susan Kemp
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The Queen of Silence (Hot Docs Review)
A story about a deaf Roma girl is part heartbreaking documentary, part fanciful musical with results somewhere in between.
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War of Lies (Hot Docs Review)
This hard-hitting interview with the man who may have started the Iraq war provides surprisingly mixed results.
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Peace Officer (Hot Docs Review)
A good balance of heart and science, this exposé on the silent rise of the militarization of police has the potential to start a movement.
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Dreamcatcher (Hot Docs Review)
A simply shot film with an unexpected heroine at its center manages to both build compassion for those effected by the sex trade and ask what can be done about it.
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Apartment Troubles
Two whimsical New York girls take a vacation to CA when the difficulties with their living situation escalates.
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2015 Reel Artists Film Festival Preview
In one of the films to be shown at this year’s Reel Artists Film Festival, the subject, an 82-year-old art patron, points out that documentary film is an art. That, indeed, taking part in his very own film is...
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K (ND/NF Review)
A Kafka adaptation whose misguided loyalty to the source material muddles its larger themes.
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Everly
Scantily clad, hot female lead slaying off waves of bad dudes without a story or purpose.
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In Her Place
Slow but well performed, three women live together under unusual circumstances.
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Girlhood
The self-discovery of a teenage girl is both honest and ordinary in the indie film 'Girlhood'.
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Above and Beyond
Pilots of the Arab-Israeli war tell their tale in this affecting documentary.
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Match
A conversational film pairs an aging dancer and a curious couple.