Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

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Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

Released May 24, 2019

1h 18m

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A portrait of the avant garde filmmaker Barbara Rubin.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

As much a celebration as it is a documentary.

Mar 16, 2020

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Director-producer-editor Chuck Smith deserves kudos for exhuming the spirit of this complex, contradictory, largely forgotten soul.

Jun 13, 2019

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Nick Schager

Variety

At once accessible and formally daring, echoing its subject's style while simultaneously celebrating her radical achievements.

May 30, 2019

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Alison Gillmor

Winnipeg Free Press

There are sections that vibrate with avant-garde energy - Smith uses a lot of experimental film footage to set the scene...

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 25, 2019

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Monique Vigneault

Film Inquiry

While Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground isn't for everyone, Smith's documentary is worth a look for any fans of the New York counterculture movement.

Sep 23, 2019

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Andrew Parker

The Gate

As close as we're likely to get to a genuine biography of one of cinema's most elusive artists.

Rated: 7/10

Aug 1, 2019

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Synopsis

A portrait of the avant garde filmmaker Barbara Rubin.

Director: Chuck Smith
Distributor: Juno Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 24, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 16, 2019
Runtime: 1h 18m

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