REBEL NOISE: "celebrates the closeness of musical and communal unity"
FILMWEEK: "EXCELLENT, VERY INFORMATIVE... it has a lot of revelations, a lot of surprises." - Charles Solomon, KPCC
THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE: "I'm part of a generation that grew up... where the whole point of making comics was to be transgressive" - Art Spiegelman
FANGORIA: "a fascinating deep dive into Coleman's process... This excellent movie deservedly won Tribeca's Documentary Audience Award"
MYSTERY CATALOG: "an incredibly rich look at one of the most interesting living American artists, chock-full of hypnotic and colorful artifacts."
BAIN'S FILM REVIEWS: "INCREDIBLY VEXING... my jaw literally dropped. How Dark My Love Love is an incredibly entertaining film.""
DoomRocket: "a ruminative, raw-nerve valentine that bleeds onto the screen, showcasing the brutal and beautiful extremes of devotion"
REEL NEWS DAILY: "HOW DARK MY LOVE celebrates the good, the bad, and the ugly and makes it a masterpiece.""
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FILMMAKER MAGAZINE: "There's no lack of wild reveals and anecdotes, joy and tragedy, and a lot of love and tenderness."
OUCH! MAGAZINE: "At its core, this documentary is a meditation on the complexities of love, trust, and vulnerability... a hauntingly intimate documentary that offers an unprecedented look"
FILM THREAT: "the best documentary imaginable on one of America's most visionary painters."
ALWAYS WATCHING: "A touching look into the lives of Joe Coleman and his wife Whitney Ward"
MOVEABLE FEST: "BREATHTAKING... offers a complex portrait of true love"
KEITH LOVES MOVIES: "a fascinating study of an icon of subcultures"
CAMBRIDGE DAY: "a rush of nostalgia for anyone who was young and in love with independent music at the turn of the millenium."
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SUNSHINE STATE CINEPLEX: "a brilliant portrait of a band and people in flux"
THE NEW YORK TIMES: "STYLISTICALLY INVENTIVE… studies the couple’s love story as Coleman undertakes a monumental opus.”
THE SS BEN HECHT: "The film paints a picture of a band like no other"
