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Saturday, May 23, 2026

Film Shorts

Meet the Parents

Riled Up

Life in the Israeli army has Dana Ivgy considering suicide by staple gun in Zero Motivation.

Odds and Ends

Oscar’s Gold

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The Best Movies of 2012

I discovered something quite distressing while prepping for this annual listicle. I made an initial pass through a list of movie titles from 2012...

For (im-)Mature Audiences Only

Most charitable organizations that benefit children are aimed at providing basics such as food, clothing, or medical care, but preacher’s kid and film journalist...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (PG-13) Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham star in this thriller tangential to the Fast and the Furious...

Miss Juneteenth: Right on Time

And so it came to pass that after three solid weeks of protests against racial violence by the police and a vote by the...

DVD Review: “Cracks”

If the new movies out this week are too male-centric for you, you might want to check out Cracks, which saw limited release in...

Exhuma: Dig It Up!

Ever been to a Korean shamanic ritual? It’s awesome. There’s so much singing and dancing, it’s like a Broadway musical, but with a lot...

Get Out: I Am Not Your Negro

Historically, horror movies have not been a black thing. This is probably because, as many people before me have pointed out, real life for...

Drive-Away Dolls: Severance

Almost since there have been lesbians in movies, there have been crime thrillers to put them in. Drive-Away Dolls is just the latest of...
American Sniper opens Thursday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: American Sniper (R) Bradley Cooper stars in Clint Eastwood’s biography of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. Also with Sienna Miller,...

Talk Show

Criterion Collection recently released a spiffy two-disc edition of Louise Malle’s ”My Dinner with Andre,” the love-it-or-hate-it 1981 gabfest between actor-playwright Wallace Shawn and...