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MichaelBergeron

Writer — Film

Free Press Houston
2004—2018

Reviewed film for Free Press Houston across almost the paper's whole run, from 2004 to its final year, and wrote on art, theatre and festivals alongside it — 508 recovered pieces. He is a founding member of the Houston Film Critics Society, whose member bio lists Public News, Free Press Houston, the Houston Chronicle and SXSWorld among his credits; he currently writes for CathodeRayZone.com.

10

Years represented

508

Recovered articles

3009

Subjects

Recovered work

‘Holmes & Watson’ Uses Already Established Characters to Spin New Tale

‘Holmes & Watson’ Uses Already Established Characters to Spin New Tale

Artist Ai Weiwei Documents Global Refugee Crisis in ‘Human Flow’

Artist Ai Weiwei Documents Global Refugee Crisis in ‘Human Flow’

Dunhuang Foundation Presents an Evening with Peter Sellars

Dunhuang Foundation Presents an Evening with Peter Sellars

Blu-ray Slight Return: Autumn Edition

Blu-ray Slight Return: Autumn Edition

Film in Focus: ‘Stalker’ and ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’

Film in Focus: ‘Stalker’ and ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’

Vinyl

Vinyl

‘Holmes & Watson’ Uses Already Established Characters to Spin New Tale—Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Corteo’ Breezes Into Town This Weekend—Artist Ai Weiwei Documents Global Refugee Crisis in ‘Human Flow’—Dunhuang Foundation Presents an Evening with Peter Sellars—Blu-ray Slight Return: Autumn Edition—Film in Focus: ‘Stalker’ and ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’—Blue-ray Slight Return: ‘Ronin’ and ‘Maurice’—Film Facts: Free Movies—‘It’ Delivers In Laughter and Fear—Lake Bell on ‘I Do … Until I Don’t’—Director Geremy Jasper Talks ‘Patti Cake$’—Film Facts: Hurricane Harvey Issue—Film In Focus: ‘Logan Lucky’ + More—‘The Bodyguard’ Makes Music—‘Brigsby Bear’ Delivers the Bizarre—Film Facts: ‘An Inconvenient Sequel,’ ‘Step’ & ‘Wind River’—Blu-ray Slight Return: Taco Tuesday—‘Landline’ & ‘Kidnap’—‘The 39 Steps’—‘Atomic Blonde,’ ‘Detroit’ and ‘Endless Poetry’—Film In Focus: ‘Where the Buffalo Roam’ and More—‘Dunkirk,’ ‘Valerian’ and ‘City of Ghosts’—Film Facts: Hours, Skyjackers & Fortune—Letters From Baghdad—War for the Planet of the Apes: An Interview with Andy Serkis & Joe Letteri—Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians—Welcome to the Jungle: “The Lion King”—“Okja” & “The Beguiled”—Edgar Wright on “Baby Driver”—“Chasing Trane” & “The Bad Batch”—Laugh-In: An Interview with George Schlatter—Film Facts: “The Book of Henry” + more—It Comes at Night: An Interview with Director Trey Shults—An Interview with 3-D Restoration Artist Greg Kintz—Blu-Ray Slight Return: Bob & Max Edition—Paris Can Wait: An Interview with Eleanor Coppola—Leap of Faith: “The Lovers”—Film Facts: David Lynch + more—“Alien: Covenant” & “Wizard of Lies”—Film Facts: Graduation Edition—“A View From the Bridge” at Alley Theatre—Film Notes: “Guardians” and Gere—How to Be a Latin Lover: An Interview with Eugenio Derbez—MFAH’s Latin Wave 12 Features New Rolling Stones Documentary—Uncover Cezanne and Zola in “Cezanne et moi”—Rob Reiner on “LBJ”—Ben Wheatley on “Free Fire”—Nacho Vigalondo on “Colossal”—“Gifted” and “Their Finest”—Cirque du Soleil: “Kurios - Cabinet of Curiosities”—“The Most Hated Woman in America”—Cool Cats in “Kedi”—“An Act of God” at the Alley Theatre—Film Preview: “Raw” & “The Last Word”—T2 Trainspotting: An Interview with Danny Boyle—Terrence Malick’s “Song to Song”—T1 Trainspotting, Part 1—SXSW Film 2017 - Wet Edition—Film Preview: SXSW 2017—“Adiós Utopia” at MFAH—“Let the Right One In” at the Alley Theatre—Film Facts: “Logan,” “Saving Banksy” + more—Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman”—I Am Not Your Negro: A Portrait of the Civil Rights Movement—“The Lego Batman Movie”—“The Comedian” + More—Asa Butterfield on “The Space Between Us”—“Dry Powder” at The Alley Theatre—Pedro Almodóvar’s “Julieta”—We Are the Flesh—Iranian Film Festival at MFAH—The Autopsy of Jane Doe—Film Facts: Arsenal, Silence + more—Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds—Houston Film Critics Society Awards Show—Jackie Brown Revisited—Best Films of 2016—Rogue One—IMAX: Voyage of Time—Film Facts: Sloane, Manchester and More—Blu-ray Slight Return: Instant Replay Edition—Ghosts of Christmas—Film Facts: “Elle,” “Bad Santa 2” + more—Cinematographer Frederick Elmes on Lynch and Jarmusch—Visions of Bosch—Cronenberg: Master of Mad Doctors—Last Day of Houston Cinema Arts Festival—Film Update: “Arrival” and more—A Talk with “Tower” Director Keith Maitland—Jeff Nichols on “Loving”—Film Facts 10.27.16—Austin Film Festival 2016 Preview—Film Facts 10.13.16—“A Man Called Ove”—Here’s Johnny—Beware of “The Greasy Strangler”—Ideological Shift: “Starving the Beast”—An Interview with “Zoology” Director Ivan Tverdovsky—Fantastic Fest Wrap: Part One—Day for Night Preview: John Carpenter—Fantastic Fest 2016 Preview—Architecture of Oppression: “Snowden” and “Max Rose”—Film Facts: 9.9.16—Blu-ray Slight Return: TV Edition—Hand To God—Oceans and Sunsets—Blu-ray Slight Return: Lectroid Edition—Trapped in “Tunnel”—Barack and Michelle’s First Date in “Southside With You”—A Night with Janis Joplin—“C Street” Fires on All Cylinders—Capitalism and Avarice Meet in “War Dogs”—“Don’t Think Twice” Celebrates Improv—Blood Father Leads the Pack—Suicide Squad—Imaginary Games: “Nerve”—Blu-ray Slight Return: China Blue Edition—Film Facts: 7.23.16—Wiener-Dog: An Interview with Todd Solondz—Spider’s Web at the Alley Theatre—Blu-ray Slight Return: Migratory Edition—“Wicked” at Hobby Center—An Afternoon of Hope: Music in Memoriam of the Orlando Shooting—Private Property at Alamo Drafthouse—Mike and Dave and Yo-Yo Ma—Blu-ray Slight Return: Louvre Edition—Olivia de Havilland Retrospective at MFAH—Short Takes 7.1.16—MythBusters at Space Center Houston—Masterpiece of Action Cinema: “Three”—Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon—Blu-Ray Slight Return: Sensurround Edition—A Murder in Montrose—Genius: You Can’t Go Home Again—I Dream Too Much—Born Yesterday—Preview - Kusama: At the End of the Universe—Raiders!: The Documentary—A Chat with Kris Kristofferson—Maggie & Weiner—An Interview with Kevin Smith—X-Men: Apocalypse—Film Facts 5.27.16—Blu-ray/DVD Slight Release—Comicpalooza: June 17 - 19—Rififi @ MFAH—Eyre vs. Chazz—Audio Meets Visual: Retrospective—Film Facts 5.20.16—A Bigger Splash—The Nether—The Man Who Knew Infinity—Film Facts 5.13.16—DVD slight return: May showers—Remote Houston—The Meddler—Julien Temple at MFAH—A Beautiful Planet—The Christians—Film Facts 4.29.16—Latin Wave 11—Elvis & Nixon—Death Be Not Slack—Roswell two decades later—Don Cheadle on Miles Ahead—The Jungle Book—Film Picks 4.14.16—Everybody Wants Some!!—The Invitation—Midnight Special—Houston Palestine Film Festival—Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures—City of Gold—Blu-Ray slight return: Freaks and Geeks—Grounded—Art Blocks Main Street Promenade—Chimes at Midnight, et al.—Marguerite—I Saw the Light—Trey Shults on Krisha—Batman vs. Superman, et al.—Cabaret—SXSW Film 2016 wrap—SXSW 2016: Robotic Edition—Obama rocks SXSW 2016—Around the World in 80 Days—A War—Butler vs. Butler—The Wave—3D Blu-ray slight return: Killer robot edition—Morricone & Tarantino—The Moon and beyond—Robert Eggers on The Witch—Vinyl—Son of Saul—ReelAbilities Film and Art Festival—All the Way with LBJ—Van & Dog—Tom Hardy on The Revenant—Lazer Team—Andrew Haigh on 45 Years—Hard copy slight return: January edition—Travis Ammons presents Suicide Notes—Meds and Aliens—In Jackson Heights—FPH Interview: Gregg Turkington—The Amazing Acro-Cats—HFCS 2015 Awards—Point Break—Best Films of 2015—Andy Weir on The Martian—Paolo Sorrentino on Youth—Star Wars: The Force Awakens—White God & Roar—Hitchcock/Truffaut—Hot disc slight return: Shark Fin edition—Chi-Raq—Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly named #1 Album by Rolling Stone—Legend—Toruk extends Avatar saga—The Ties That Bind—The Assassin—Trumbo—By the Sea—Blu-ray slight return: Special edition—FPH Interview: John Crowley—HCAF highlights—Spotlight leads this week’s films—HCAF: Cinespace Day—Janis doc opens HCAF—Lenny Abrahamson on Room—DVD Slight Return: Manimal edition—Austin Film Festival: Lear & Reiner—AFF wrap: Part 1—The Black Panthers & A Hard Day—Pleasure and Piety: The Art of Joachim Wtewael—Truth—Experimenter—Blu-ray slight return: Fall edition—RTK & LOL—TAXI—Time Out of Mind—Beasts of No Nation—Crimson Peak—Blu-ray slight return: Lucky edition—Steve Jobs—The Keeping Room & Momentum—Mississippi Grind—Goodnight Mommy—Pan—Fantastic Fest 2015 Wrap—Finders Keepers—Sunshine Superman is a dance with life and death—Fantastic Fest Think Piece—Nicolas Refn on The Act of Seeing—Blu-ray slight return: Sparse dialogue edition—Fantastic Fest preview—Short Takes: 9/25/15—FPH Interview: Roger Deakins—Victoria Price presents Phibes—Leslye Headland on Sleeping With Other People—Martian press day at NASA—Mark Rothko: A Retrospective—Made in Texas—FPH Interview: David Oyelowo—A Little Death—DVD Slight Return: Be Yourself Edition—The Visit—Bitter Lake—Jobs & Grandma—Tangerine—Good films about bad people—A Poem is a Naked Person—Zachariah & No Escape—The Editor & Being Evel—FPH Interview: Peter Bogdanovich—Look & Teenage Girl—Red Planet beckons—DVD slight return: The Rebel—Best of Enemies—The End of the Tour—A Pigeon ….—Cop Car—The Fantastic Four—Irrational Man—Tab Hunter Confidential—2015.10The Tribe: Interview with Miroslav SlaboshpitskyOCTOBER 2015 Lila & Eve & Holmes—Self/less: are two heads better than one?—Amy leads wolfpack of complex films—Cartel Land—Movies: July 3, 2015—Decline of Western Civilization—Terminator Genisys—Me and Earl and the Dying Girl—Ted vs. Testament of Youth—David Gordon Green on Manglehorn—Crispin Glover makes Houston appearance—Love & Mercy—Blu-ray slight return: 5,4,3,2,1 edition—New on film: Summerfest edition—2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—DVD Slight Return: Classic Television—3D or not 3D—Daughter & Saint—Chaplin & Hitchcock: Blu-ray slight return—FPH Interview: Ted Neeley—Movies this week: 5/15/15—Far From the Madding Crowd—White God—Ride the D Train to Maggie—Lambert & Stamp—FPH Interview: Geraldine Chaplin—MLC & 5 to 7—Clouds of Sils Maria—Blu-ray slight return: Convoy—Blu-ray slight return: Unseen Edition—Jon Jost at U of H—The Salt of the Earth—John Marshall on Roar—Rupert Goold on True Story—Alex Garland on Ex Machina—Blu-ray slight return: Electric Boogaloo edition—Slight Return: While We're Young—Slight Return: The Babadook—While We're Young & Seymour: An Introduction—Hal Hartley on Ned Rifle—Sinatra: All or Nothing At All—Sequels = Addiction—Film redux: April 3, 2015—The Wrecking Crew—Going Clear—Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter—Merchants of Doubt—Winter Sleep: Turkish Film Festivsal—Wild Tales—DVD/Blu-ray/VOD slight return—Timbuktu—2015 SXSW Film: A wrap of sorts—SXSW Film: Julien Temple on The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson—The Gunman—SXSW Film: Disaster Playground—SXSW Film 2015: Memes and Parking—Frank Frazetta Museum—SXSW Film Preview: 24 Beats A Second—Leviathan & Red Army—A Day in the Country—For a New World to Come—Deli Man—Five French Films—My Life Directed—Birdman: Best Picture Backstage—Mommy—Circus in town—Blu-ray slight return: Sex and Zombie edition—1/30/15 Film update—Blu-ray slight return: Heritage edition—Night Will Fall—R100 and other events—American Sniper—Blackhat—HFCS Awards Show—Time Travel Recipe—Blu-ray slight return: Bad boys edition—2015.01Oscars RoundupJANUARY 2015 The Interview—Best movies of 2014—National Gallery—Wild—The Babadook—Watershed Market this weekend—Kieślowski at the MFAH—Foxcatcher & Homesman—2014.12Maziar Bahari on RosewaterDECEMBER 2014 Houston Cinema Arts Festival highlights—Austin Film Festival: Satellite Beach—The 3-D Printing Store—Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2014—Austin Film Festival 2014 part 1—Film Diary 11/7/14: Windows edition—Interstellar—Birdman—Film Diary: Halloween edition—Citizenfour—Blu-ray slight return: Fake edition—Monet and the Seine—Whiplash—Dear White People—Film diary 10/21/14—Blu-ray, DVD, VOD slight return: Chocolat edition—Music Doc at RMC—Fury, Rudderless and MW&C—SWAMP hosts free film seminar—Weekend picks: The Judge & Truffaut—Nick Cave doc and others—Gone Girl—The Boxtrolls & Fincher-fest—Film diary 9/26/14—Blu-ray slight return: Sasquash edition—Terror At The Mall—God Help the Girl and The One I Love—The short films of Kevin Jerome Everson—Film log, 9/5/14—DVD slight return: Rehab Edition—Frank—Blu-ray slight return: Phantom edition—Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife—John Michael McDonagh on Calvary—The Dog—Mood Indigo—Stop the Pounding Heart—Herzog: The Collection—Nixon By Nixon—Magic in the Moonlight—Film log: 7/25/14—Steve James on Life Itself—Make a Mandala—Mike Cahill on I Origins—Zach Braff on Wish I Was Here—Blu-ray slight return: Good guys edition—Witching & Bitching—Dawn of the Planet of the Apes—Begin Again & Hellion—Borgman—2014.07Duvall on MoviesJULY 2014 Classic Interviews: Jarmusch - Year of the Horse—We Are the Best!—Blue-ray slight return: Chisholm Trail edition—Blu-ray / DVD update: Spring is over edition—Composer Graham Reynolds—Chinese Puzzle—Blu-ray & DVD slight return: Formula edition—Kerrville Folk Festival 2014—Godzilla—Bulgari: 130 Years of Masterpieces—Fading Gigolo & Blue Ruin—Nymphomaniac: Volume I and Volume II—Anderson’s aspects boost Budapest Hotel—Tilda Swinton on Only Lovers Left Alive—Richard E. Grant on Dom Hemingway—Errol Morris on The Unknown Known—Gareth Evans on The Raid 2—Rushmore Redux—Cheap Thrills—Diego Luna on Cesar Chavez—The Lunchbox—The Missing Plane—Wes Anderson on Grand Budapest Hotel—SXSW Film: Zen zone of coolness—SXSW Film preview—Tim Paints Vermeer—Blu-ray slight return: Correspondent edition—Mountainfilm in Houston—True Detective—Art in the Park—Jan. 23 - Feb. 1: Iranian Film Festival—Blu-ray slight return: Cinema Edition—The Invisible Woman leads pack—The Age of Impressionism—Best flickers of 2013—DVD slight return: ’50s edition—Blu-ray / DVD slight return: Holiday edition—Inside Oscar Isaac—Blu-ray / DVD slight return—Catching Fire—85 Years of the Oscar—Blu-ray slight return: Shadow edition—Darlings leads pack—Blu-ray slight return: Intolerance—Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2013—Computer Chess—Orian Williams on Big Sur—Blu-ray slight return: Clair edition—Austin Film Festival preview—Captain Phillips—Copley and West: American Adversaries—Brian De Palma interview—Blue Jasmine—Blu-ray slight return: Film classics edition—20 Feet From Stardom—Blu-ray / DVD slight return: Royal baby edition—Berberian leads cool titles—Blu-ray slight return: Summer heat edition—East is East and Rock is Rock—After Lucia—Blu-ray/DVD slight return: Spring training edition—Best Films of 2012—Blu-ray slight return: Apocalypse edition—2012.11Wake in FrightNOVEMBER 2012 Asia Society TX Center—Blu-ray slight return: September song edition—Blu-ray slight return Summer edition—Here’s the thing—Jiro Dreams of Sushi—Bellflower director Evan Glodell—A Better Life—13 Assassins—McLovin—Test 4—On the Road, Again—A Hard Day’s Night—Blu-ray slight return August edition—Linklater’s Boyhood advance screening—Lenny Cooke & Wrong Cops—Snowpiercer leads pack—Boyhood—Wrapage—Stephen Frears on Philomena—

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