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Phoebe—A Street Art Star in New York—Has Landed a Museum Show in Denmark

Danes missing New York, take note: A slice of the Big Apple is coming to Copenhagen. It will be served ...
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Critic’s Notebook; Sundance: Some Surprises Amid the Frivolity

From the New York Times: "One of the most revealing, eloquent and well-received films at the festival, a documentary about ...
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WSJ calls Martha & Ethel “a powerfully absorbing film”

From the Wall Street Journal: "...the two have produced a powerfully absorbing film. On one level, "Martha & Ethel" is ...
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“Martha & Ethel embodies a universal dimension”

From Variety: "Highly personal and original, "Martha & Ethel" deals with a subject rarely seen onscreen before: nannies and their ...
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Rolling Stone: “Unique and unforgettable”

From Rolling Stone: "Delicate work is being transacted in this unique and unforgettable documentary about two nannies. Producer and director ...
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International Documentary (IDA): Cover Story on Martha & Ethel

"A documentary about two aged nannies and the Baby Boomer girls they raised might seem an unlikely sort of film ...
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“The Test and the Art of Thinking” – In Conflict

“The Test and the Art of Thinking,” a probing documentary by Michael Arlen Davis, explores the complicated history of the ...
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“The Test and The Art of Thinking” – The Unecessary Struggle to Ace an Unecessary Test

The SAT and its cousin, the ACT, is one of, if not the, most daunting trials for students. These admissions ...
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“The Test and the Art of Thinking” featured on FMI Media Review Show

The third episode of our Fall 2020 Film & Moving Image (FMI) Media-Review Show, in which FMI Chair Chris Reed ...
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Film Review: A “Standardized” Test, and a Nation, Exposed in ‘The Test & The Art of Thinking’

In this well-researched, compelling, and surprisingly human documentary The Test & The Art of Thinking, filmmaker Michael Arlen Davis takes ...
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