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Here's why certain men of a certain age are huge fans of Speed Racer.
The 1960s Japanese cartoon show started airing on American television...
LSIFF Gets in Iranian Vampire Western
I will be covering the Lone Star International Film Festival on this blog all weekend, but I have an update to pass along to...
North Country
Christopher Zalla's first feature filmmaking effort screened at Sundance in 2007 under the title Padre Nuestro, where it became the first Spanish-language film to...
Alone in ‘Night Country’
Early in Episode 2 of True Detective: Night Country, tough cop Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) drops in on Fiona Shaw (Rose Aguineau), a local...
Film Shorts
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The Tree of Life (PG-13) Terrence Malick’s drama is about a present-day man (Sean Penn) contemplating the loss of his innocence growing...
Film Shorts // January 15-21, 2025
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Alarum (R) Sylvester Stallone and Scott Eastwood star in this thriller as secret agents who are besieged at a remote cabin after stealing a...
Film Shorts
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The Man Who Invented Christmas (PG) Dan Stevens overacts rather badly in this biography of Charles Dickens and the manic few weeks he spent...
Judas: I Am a Revolutionary
Back in 1992, Spike Lee’s flawed and magnificent Malcolm X and the galvanizing performance at its center raised the Black Muslim leader from the...
Pixar Re-Opens Its Toy Chest
The following statement is true –– and also pretty much meaningless: Toy Story 3 is the weakest Pixar movie in the last 10 years....
Doris’ Day
Amid the increasing awareness of sexism and ageism in Hollywood, a small number of low-budget filmmakers have caught onto the fact that they can...