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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 10 Jul 2017

Like discovering the incredible history of an old friend…

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By Jonathan Romney (434) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 10 Jul 2017

More than any of Morris's films, The B-Side is directly about the mystery of capturing a person's identity on film...This likeable close-up…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 05 Jul 2017

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography doesn't delve deep, but the film serves as a fine story of success and the end of an era…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 05 Jul 2017

Part character study and social expose, The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography examines the artistic process of a woman whose divinely…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 04 Jul 2017

Compact and so vast, so bittersweet and so kind and giving, a brilliantly casual portrait of Morris' cheery friend and Cambridge neighbor…

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By Mike Mazzanti (39) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 29 Jun 2017

If one wishes to get a glimpse into Elsa Dorfman’s life and work, this is not a poor place to do it…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 29 Jun 2017

In its quiet, charming way, this is a sad, dark Errol Morris movie, about loss and change and aging out of one's profession…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 29 Jun 2017

An octogenarian pioneer of instamatic photography as art is glowingly featured in this likeable doc…

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By Matthew Eng (14) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 29 Jun 2017

There's a lot more movie contained within this charming oddity, but only for those who are willing to look deeper…

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By Matt Zoller Seitz (637) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 29 Jun 2017

If you're interested in that period, the sheer number of notable photos shown here is reason enough to see the movie…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 29 Jun 2017

Lovely portrait of a haimish artist, self-described nice Jewish girl, friendly and homey...most charming centerpiece is the montage of the…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 28 Jun 2017

This is the rare Morris movie that feels led by the personality of its star figure, in this case Dorfman’s wry positivity and love of what…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for The New York Times (9,847) on 28 Jun 2017

Ms. Dorfman emerges as an artist of deep compassion, empathy, humor and wisdom…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 28 Jun 2017

Ms. Dorfman, bless her open heart, has been captivated by the surfaces of the people she shoots, of how they seem…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for NPR (1,713) on 28 Jun 2017

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…

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By Chloe Schama (8) for Vogue (149) on 28 Jun 2017

The film is tinged with a sense of fragility -- the luckiness of the shot, the delicate nature of the prints, the high probability that someone…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 27 Jun 2017

The B-Side feels a tad overextended—but it’s a pleasure to see a warm, creative, and not even remotely evasive individual in front of his…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 26 Jun 2017

It would be inaccurate to say The B-Side only scratches the surface of Dorfman, but this lovely portrait takes pains to adopt her mindset,…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 25 Jun 2017

The depth of her art reflects a life richly lived, as does the wisdom of her epigrammatic musings…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Shockya.com (657) on 23 Jun 2017

The B-Side is on the dull side given that it's largely a one-hander but its central character does give the audience insight into how a photographer…

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