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Film Review: Ballad of a Small Player
Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player doesn’t demand your attention like Conclave did, but there’s a big difference between not quite great and not good at all. … read more
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Film Review: Stitch Head
I don’t want to oversell this one and make anyone rush out expecting a “Pixar in its prime” level masterpiece by any means, because Stitch Head certainly isn’t on that level — but does it really have to be? Check your snobbery at the door and enjoy this utterly joyful little monster piece. … read more
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Film Review: Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
The boldest choice that sets the film apart from so many others in the genre is that it puts more time into the quiet, thoughtful moments of artistic creation than on fitting in as many can’t-miss sequences that showcase energetic performances of classic songs. … read more
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Film Review: Blue Moon
Blue Moon is a film for people who love words and the way they roll off the tongue to form a music of their own. … read more
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Film Review: Frankenstein
Del Toro’s Frankenstein draws inspiration from Mary Shelley’s novel but confidently deviates from it in major ways. … read more
Film Review: It Was Just An Accident
It Was Just An Accident is a riveting film — a taut and suspenseful piece of neo realist storytelling rooted in complex questions. … read more
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Film Review: Perfect Blue
If you are a fan of Perfect Blue, anime or animation in general you owe it to yourself to see the 4K restoration of Perfect Blue in theaters. … read more
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Film Review: Good Fortune
Good Fortune is consistently funny and insightful, offering a keen perspective on what it’s like for a normal person to make any headway in today’s economy. … read more
Film Review: After the Hunt
After the Hunt isn’t going to completely stop Luca Guadagnino’s forward momentum by any means, but to say that it’s not going to be doing anything to propel him forward is putting it very kindly. … read more
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Film Review: TRON: Ares
It would be overstating to call it a good film, but it’s a helluva fun TRON movie! If you’re not already attached to the franchise, you have no reason to see this one. … read more
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Film Review: Roofman
Roofman tells the wild but true story of a former U.S. Army paratrooper and devoted father who turns to an unusual life of crime in the early 2000s. … read more
Film Review: A House of Dynamite
A House of Dynamite is a good film that is severely hampered by coming at a time when the world is stranger and scarier than doomsday fiction. … read more
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