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The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography offers an intriguing glimpse at a distinctive artist's work that's as warmly engaging as its subject.
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Dorfman ... makes for a lively and loquacious subject ... Jul 13, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Dorfman ... makes for a lively and loquacious subject ...
Michael O'Sullivan
There's a lot more movie contained within this charming oddity, but only for those who are willing to look deeper. Jun 30, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
There's a lot more movie contained within this charming oddity, but only for those who are willing to look deeper.
Matthew Eng
A fine-grained (no photography pun intended) look at the way that the development of an artist's style is usually intertwined with the technology and materials that she chooses to embrace. Jun 30, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A fine-grained (no photography pun intended) look at the way that the development of an artist's style is usually intertwined with the technology and materials that she chooses to embrace.
Matt Zoller Seitz
Clocking in at a trim 76 minutes, The B-side is as warmly affectionate as its subject, a close friend and neighbor of the director. Jun 29, 2017 | Full Review…
Clocking in at a trim 76 minutes, The B-side is as warmly affectionate as its subject, a close friend and neighbor of the director.
Ella Taylor
[An] enjoyable but also profound movie. Jun 29, 2017 | Full Review…
[An] enjoyable but also profound movie.
Glenn Kenny
You can almost sense Morris smiling off-camera as she pulls each exposure from her file drawers for reminiscing and newfound scrutiny - that's how strong and warm his admiration is for Dorfman and the humble richness of her work. Jun 29, 2017 | Full Review…
You can almost sense Morris smiling off-camera as she pulls each exposure from her file drawers for reminiscing and newfound scrutiny - that's how strong and warm his admiration is for Dorfman and the humble richness of her work.
Robert Abele
Nostalgia for the frame. Jul 29, 2019 | Full Review…
Nostalgia for the frame.
Michael J. Casey
Touching on the importance of friends and family, the temporality of memories, and the photographic process itself, this is a surprisingly light, but sure footed ode to a fellow image maker. Dec 5, 2018 | Full Review…
Touching on the importance of friends and family, the temporality of memories, and the photographic process itself, this is a surprisingly light, but sure footed ode to a fellow image maker.
Jordan M. Smith
Although "The B-Side" is mildly mournful as Dorfman confronts her impending retirement, forced onto her by the death of the Polaroid film she uses, it is a celebration of the ability to freeze time and the pleasure of looking back. Nov 1, 2018 | Full Review…
Although "The B-Side" is mildly mournful as Dorfman confronts her impending retirement, forced onto her by the death of the Polaroid film she uses, it is a celebration of the ability to freeze time and the pleasure of looking back.
Stephen Saito
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography is a minor work by Errol Morris, but it's still the work of a master filmmaker. Oct 30, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography is a minor work by Errol Morris, but it's still the work of a master filmmaker.
Sean Mulvihill
Elsa Dorfman's work is ephemeral yet grand: using a giant 20" x 24" camera, that is now discontinued, Dorfman has produced some of the world's largest Polaroid images, showing that unwieldy technology does not need to be limiting when used imaginatively. Aug 7, 2018 | Full Review…
Elsa Dorfman's work is ephemeral yet grand: using a giant 20" x 24" camera, that is now discontinued, Dorfman has produced some of the world's largest Polaroid images, showing that unwieldy technology does not need to be limiting when used imaginatively.
Ela Bittencourt
A warm-hearted documentary about a down-to-earth photographer who used Polaroids to shoot her portraits. Dec 30, 2017 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
A warm-hearted documentary about a down-to-earth photographer who used Polaroids to shoot her portraits.
Dennis Schwartz
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