A quiet look at Dorfman and the art and life she created.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2021

The B-Side is good as a movie about Elsa Dorfman. But, when considered within the filmography of its director, it's great.

| Dec 12, 2020

It's Dorfman's work that is the real focal point of the film, and there's enough of that featured here to form a complete portrait of a gifted, introspective artist.

| May 11, 2020

A sweet film that, like an unshaken Polaroid, feels slightly underdeveloped.

| Feb 7, 2020

Nostalgia for the frame.

| Jul 29, 2019

Touching on the importance of friends and family, the temporality of memories, and the photographic process itself, this is a surprisingly light, but sure footed ode to a fellow image maker.

| Dec 5, 2018

Although "The B-Side" is mildly mournful as Dorfman confronts her impending retirement, forced onto her by the death of the Polaroid film she uses, it is a celebration of the ability to freeze time and the pleasure of looking back.

| Nov 1, 2018

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography is a minor work by Errol Morris, but it's still the work of a master filmmaker.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 31, 2018

Elsa Dorfman's work is ephemeral yet grand: using a giant 20" x 24" camera, that is now discontinued, Dorfman has produced some of the world's largest Polaroid images, showing that unwieldy technology does not need to be limiting when used imaginatively.

| Aug 8, 2018

A warm-hearted documentary about a down-to-earth photographer who used Polaroids to shoot her portraits.

| Original Score: A- | Dec 30, 2017

Dorfman talks like a philosopher at times, but never seems to take herself, or anything else, very seriously, except for the death of film. She talks about the loss of film and all the wonderful machinery thrown away when Polaroid went bankrupt.

| Original Score: B | Dec 22, 2017

Image after image of luminaries from her earlier career fade away as she pulls out what she calls "the b-sides," akin to the extra song on the back of a popular record.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 1, 2017

While we often think of artistic genius in terms of big, earth-shaking masterpieces, the film shows the value in assembling a body of work, day after day, photo by photo, over the course of a life.

| Original Score: 3.5?4 | Sep 1, 2017

B-Side may not rank with Morris' best films, but it stands as an introduction to Dorfman's approach and work. Think of it as a revealing miniature about a woman who made very large photographs. Posted by Robert Dene

| Aug 28, 2017

Forges a penetrating, enriching human connection between the viewer and the subject.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 27, 2017

[Elsa] Dorfman's a fascinating character whose sunny demeanor, much like her generally cheerful photos, contains hidden depths.

| Aug 16, 2017

You don't have to be an artistic type to appreciate this affectionate documentary.

| Jul 28, 2017

Perhaps the subject isn't for every taste, but Morris appears to understand inherent exclusivity, keeping "The B-Side" biographical but also visual, allowing time for the audience to grasp the specificity and serenity of Dorfman's work.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 27, 2017

It manages to feel quietly moving and quietly profound in unexpected ways, and I think it is Morris's best film in a long time.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 21, 2017

Morris' film also functions as an elegy for Polaroid and the large-format imagery that has now ceased to exist as a result of the company's demise.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 20, 2017