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Backstabbing for Beginners: Diplomatic Impunity
The first problem with Backstabbing for Beginners is its title. It sounds like the name of a bitchy Heathers-like black comedy set in a...
Film Shorts
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Black Dynamite (R) Michael Jai White co-writes and stars in this sendup of 1970s blaxploitation flicks as an action hero out to avenge his...
The Losers Is a Lost Cause
Based on an award-winning, Vertigo-published comic, The Losers is about a top-secret Special Forces unit’s quest for revenge on a shadowy figure named Max...
Beale Street: Dusky Dream Harlem
The movies have mostly neglected James Baldwin, but the 20th-century novelist and essayist foresaw everything that’s happening in Trump’s America, so it’s good that...
42: Mister Robinson
Jackie Robinson’s story was already made into a rather amateurish movie in 1950, with the Dodgers’ infielder and civil rights pioneer portraying himself. It...
Morgan Has Broken
Maybe you saw The Witch and wondered what else its young star, Anya Taylor-Joy, might be capable of. Morgan represents your first chance to...
A Doll’s House
Alex Garland’s first movie as a director is Ex Machina, but he has been around the film business a long time. After his novel...
Iceman: Shannon Fodder
Seems that the world has discovered Michael Shannon. And, really, why not? Quite apart from his considerable skills, the 38-year-old Kentucky native offers up...
Secret Agent: Moura Than Usual
The Secret Agent missed out on a Best Picture Oscar nomination last week, though it still has a chance to win the Best International...
Film Shorts // May 17-23, 2023
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Anni Manchi Sakunamule (NR) This Indian romantic film stars Santosh Sobhan, Malvika Nair, Ravendra Prasad, Rao Ramesh, Naresh, Gauthami, and Vennela Kishore. (Opens Friday)
Bichagadu...
