The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger
Icarus Films | Release Date: August 31, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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7
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75
Slant MagazineClayton DillardAug 26, 2016
It insists that it's in moments of small talk, between life's larger events, that one finds vitality. Read full review
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The New York TimesGlenn KennyAug 30, 2016
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger is a challenging, sometimes poignant engagement with the man and his work. Read full review
60
CineVueJohn BleasdaleJun 27, 2017
The Seasons in Quincy is most compelling when we and it listens to Berger or captures him listening to someone else. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonDave CalhounJun 19, 2017
Some prior interest in Berger would help, but even newcomers should find this an infectious portrait of independent thought and living. Read full review
60
The GuardianAndrew PulverSep 1, 2016
As a collection, The Seasons in Quincy certainly hangs together; it’s also an absolutely inspired way of approaching its subject. If the outcome is a little uneven; well, that’s the price that sometimes has to be paid. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijSep 1, 2016
Taken together, the shorts offer some scraps on Berger the man and the artist and thinker without really supplying a full overview, while also exploring some of his main preoccupations in ways that would benefit from at least some prior knowledge of his work. Read full review
50
VarietyNick SchagerSep 1, 2016
Swinton’s warm, unassuming direction generates an intimacy that does much to compensate for the overarching project’s wispiness — although even her clear affection for Berger can’t ultimately make “The Seasons in Quincy” more than a for-aficionados-only companion piece to his pre-existing paintings and writing. Read full review
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New York PostFarran Smith NehmeSep 1, 2016
The film can be rough going for those who know little of Berger’s work. That’s especially true of the second part, a stupefying collage about Berger’s home in rural Quincy, France. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonAug 31, 2016
A warm and heartfelt but too often desultory and disorganized tribute to the down-to-earth intellectual. Read full review
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