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Love Lies Bleeding: Girls & Guns
Shortly after I reviewed Saint Maud, I heard that its writer-director, Rose Glass, was working on a film with Kristen Stewart. Without knowing anything...
Odds and Ends
With this feature, I can truly put the movies of 2023 to one side (at least until I revisit them in early 2034). Here’s...
Film Shorts // March 13-19, 2024
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The American Society of Magical Negroes (PG-13) This satire stars Justice Smith as a recently deceased Black man who learns of the existence of...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
To answer your question, I do think it’s weird that Barbie missed out on the Best Director and Best Actress categories. However, since the...
She Movies
On March 22, 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumière held a private screening in Paris of a film they made of workers leaving their factory....
Love/Hate
When I told my husband what I was about to tackle for this article for our inaugural women’s issue, he said, “Jennifer, women hate...
Film Shorts // March 6-12, 2024
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Accidental Texan (PG-13) Mark Lambert Bristol’s comedy is about an itinerant teen (Rudy Pankow) and an old wildcatter (Thomas Haden Church) who hatch a...
The Best Movies of 2013: A Look Back
As Howard Cosell once said, "Let us reflect back nostalgically upon the past." (Thus repeating himself four times in one sentence.) Awards season always...
All of Us Strangers: Only Lovers in the Building
After All of Us Strangers was shut out of the Oscar nominations, I was afraid I would have to relegate it to my annual...
Double Dune
When I reviewed the first Dune movie two and a half years ago, I reported that it left me cold, but I allowed for the possibility...
