Charles Petersen

Despite its flaws, Liza Johnson's debut 'Return' is a promising start for film depictions of our recent wars:

Return, a film about a an Iraq War veteran coming home, coming to terms with what she did (and didn't) experience, is flawed but still promising.

Bio: Charles Petersen is an associate editor of n+1

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Despite its flaws, Liza Johnson's debut 'Return' is a promising start for film depictions of our recent wars

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Director Liza Johnson's debut film, Return, the only American selection at the Director's Fortnight at Cannes last year, also appears to be the first film about the "war on terror" to come out after the end of its most significant conflict, the Iraq War. As such, it's a promising if somewhat flawed sign of what may be to come in film depictions of the conflicts of the past decade. More

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By Charles Petersen

on February 10th, 2012 3:17pm

 
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A little bit country, a little bit spacey at tribute to Brian Eno's ambient curiosity 'Apollo'

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Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks isn’t the most famous or the most popular of the many ambient albums Brian Eno made in the legendarily productive run between Another Green World (1975) and Music for Films III (1988). Yet the crowd gathered to hear a new interpretation of that album at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden series on Friday night seemed a bit perplexed when John Schaefer, host of WNYC's "New Sounds," and the city’s unofficial arbiter of all things musically out-there, casually referred to it as "Brian Eno's country album" in his introduction to the performance. More

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By Charles Petersen

on January 10th, 2012 1:46pm