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Film Shorts // September 14-20, 2022
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Aa Ammayi Gurinchi Meeku Cheppali (NR) This Indian romantic comedy stars Sudheer Babu, Krithi Shetty, Vennela Kishore, Srinivas Avasarla, and Rahul Ramakrishna. (Opens Friday)
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Ben Is Back: Boy Addicted
Besides being a terrific young actor, Lucas Hedges is also the son of Peter Hedges, who is the director of such films as Dan...
LSIFF Report (Days 1-2)
Since I’m the only film writer covering this year’s Lone Star International Film Festival for the Weekly this year, I’m posting my coverage of...
DVD Review: “Margaret”
I missed Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret during the one week it played at the Angelika in Dallas last fall, and I never received one of...
Blogging “Django Unchained” (The Texas Chapters)
Welcome to my insanely detailed series of posts about Django Unchained, containing all my thoughts and insights on Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning film. Some of...
Film Shorts
OPENING:
The A-Team (PG-13) The big-screen version of the 1980s TV show about four wrongly convicted fugitives (Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, and Quinton...
Film Shorts
OPENING
The Blackcoat’s Daughter (R) Heavy on atmosphere and light on payoff, this horror flick is about two girls (Kiernan Shipka and Lucy Boynton) left...
Homing Instinct
I’ll start with a not terribly revealing confession: I managed to get through childhood without any meaningful contact with Lassie. I never read Eric...
If I Were a Queen
Sofia Coppola’s third film, Marie Antoinette comes trailing bad buzz from Cannes this past summer, where a largely French crowd greeted it with boos...
Stories He Tells
Eight minutes. That’s how long it took. I suspected going into Third Person that I was going to hate it, so I decided to...
