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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché aims an overdue spotlight on a cinematic innovator's career, with the added benefit of absorbing historical context.
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It's the awkward editing, superfluous celebrity interviews, and an emphasis on the search for inconsequential facts that obscure what should be its focus - Guy-Blaché's formidable talent. March 25, 2020 | Full Review…
It's the awkward editing, superfluous celebrity interviews, and an emphasis on the search for inconsequential facts that obscure what should be its focus - Guy-Blaché's formidable talent.
Kathleen Sachs
Cineastes, film nerds and feminists alike will be gripped by this documentary portrait of Alice Guy-Blaché. Who? That's the point. January 17, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Cineastes, film nerds and feminists alike will be gripped by this documentary portrait of Alice Guy-Blaché. Who? That's the point.
Kevin Maher
[A] hectic, garrulous, fascinating documentary... January 15, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
[A] hectic, garrulous, fascinating documentary...
Peter Bradshaw
The ingrained sexism it highlights could form the basis of several sequels. January 14, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The ingrained sexism it highlights could form the basis of several sequels.
Anna Smith
It definitely piques your interest about her work. September 27, 2019 | Full Review…
It definitely piques your interest about her work.
Claudia Puig
The film is a must for aficionados. July 31, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The film is a must for aficionados.
Paul Byrnes
Newly-discovered footage of Guy-Blaché films and the subject herself, including rare audio recordings and a restored video interview enrich her portrait... February 11, 2020 | Full Review…
Newly-discovered footage of Guy-Blaché films and the subject herself, including rare audio recordings and a restored video interview enrich her portrait...
Doris Toumarkine
Green succeeded in creating a beautiful, neat tapestry, weaving together the loose threads left behind by Guy-Blaché, helping to reinstate her in the history of cinema. January 24, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Green succeeded in creating a beautiful, neat tapestry, weaving together the loose threads left behind by Guy-Blaché, helping to reinstate her in the history of cinema.
Stefania Sarrubba
By the end of this two-hour impeccably researched and well-curated production, you will not only learn of Guy-Blache's well-rounded oeuvre that tackles a varied array of genres... But your very notion of what silent films are like might be elevated. January 24, 2020 | Full Review…
By the end of this two-hour impeccably researched and well-curated production, you will not only learn of Guy-Blache's well-rounded oeuvre that tackles a varied array of genres... But your very notion of what silent films are like might be elevated.
Susan Wloszczyna
The film's exhaustive investigation into her life and legacy uncovers plenty of maddening instances of sexism... but it also highlights the concerted efforts of archivists and historians to start setting the record straight. January 20, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The film's exhaustive investigation into her life and legacy uncovers plenty of maddening instances of sexism... but it also highlights the concerted efforts of archivists and historians to start setting the record straight.
Alistair Harkness
[The full story] of the creative contributions of women to the film industry in its early decades is still fighting for a place in mainstream awareness. The informative -- and emotionally involving -- Be Natural is a valuable battering ram in that fight. January 16, 2020 | Full Review…
[The full story] of the creative contributions of women to the film industry in its early decades is still fighting for a place in mainstream awareness. The informative -- and emotionally involving -- Be Natural is a valuable battering ram in that fight.
Betsy Sherman
A playful but ardent documentary tribute to Guy Blaché, a film-maker fully deserving the overworked title of pioneer. January 15, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A playful but ardent documentary tribute to Guy Blaché, a film-maker fully deserving the overworked title of pioneer.
Danny Leigh
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