Dark City uses the ebullient sound of Baltimore’s signature club music to reinvent the narrative of its city.

Full Review | Sep 28, 2022

Puts its viewer in a position to get lost in a flurry of peak energy dance moves.

Full Review | Apr 16, 2021

Dark City Beneath the Beat is a whole-hearted, bonafide firework of a feature that acts as a necessary reminder of how important the arts, and the communal spaces that they occupy, are to our collective social and individual spirits.

Full Review | Sep 9, 2020

TT is an adept filmmaker with a keen eye and ear for what makes music and the souls behind it sing, and she navigates entangled strands like a seasoned veteran.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 26, 2020

The dancing-filled with kicks and scissors and stepping so fast it sometimes looks like the film has been sped up-is electrifying.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 15, 2020

"Why do we give all our time to streets that don't love us back?" one Baltimore resident asks. Dancing with a raised fist throughout, this superb documentary makes a case for the effort.

Full Review | May 31, 2020

Dark City Beneath the Beat is as joyous and electric as the pulsing soundtrack that guides it.

Full Review | May 30, 2020

In 1927, filmmaker Walter Ruttman rendered Berlin as a cinematic symphony; in 2020, TT the Artist uses her camera to remix Baltimore into a 65-minute banger.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Mar 26, 2020

Dark City Beneath The Beat proves to be a vibrant tapestry of Baltimore; a reminder that the city that should no longer be defined only by its darkest elements.

Full Review | Mar 23, 2020