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Babies, Babies, Babies
I’m glad Kristian Lin didn’t jump on the doting nanny bandwagon in his review of the documentary Babies. A friend invited me to see...
Unacceptable
The biggest problem with Words and Pictures is that it’s really dumb. That can be an asset to some films, but for a romantic...
LSFF Report (Day 2)
I should mention that the Lone Star Film Society is starting up a new series called Arthouse FW that will be showing classic films...
LSFF Report (Days 1-3)
First thing to report about this year's Lone Star Film Festival: The films are being shown in the top floor of the AMC Palace...
First Cow: Got Milk?
Some of the most fascinating filmmakers seem to have been born at the wrong time. Whit Stillman should have been writing Restoration comedies, Guy...
Pig in the City
I have here a movie called Pig, a suspense thriller in which the stringy-haired protagonist stares into space and says, “Who has my pig?”...
Informers
On some level, I can’t help but feel sorry for Black Mass. This movie gives off every sign of wanting to be very serious...
Sinister: Hum-Bughuul
If cinema has taught us anything, it’s that whenever a writer moves to a new town/house/hotel, he or she is inevitably going to scare...
Kajillionaire: July Heist
Of all the filmmakers to make a caper film, Miranda July would have ranked very low on the list of people I’d expect. The...
Film Shorts
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Beneath the Leaves (NR) This thriller stars Kristoffer Polaha as a cop who’s forced to catch the escaped convict (Doug Jones) who kidnapped him...
