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Film Shorts

OPENING  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...

Moneyball: A’s for Effort

The Oakland A’s are currently a distant third in the American League West behind Anaheim and our own Texas Rangers. Though they made the...

The Best Lead Performances of 2013

You may be surprised that I’ve relegated a number of Oscar-contending performances to the honorable mentions here. That’s because I ran into the same...

Film Shorts // February 14-20, 2024

OPENING   Altered Reality (NR) Charles Agron stars in this science-fiction film about a man given a chance to try a miracle drug that can fix...

Rivercrest Yacht Club Shooting Video

Though the Rivercrest Yacht Club has taken a break from performing, the hip-hop quintet has been writing new material and will be shooting a...

R.I.P., Kaneto Shindô

Sad but not unexpected news comes to us from Japan: Yesterday, filmmaker Kaneto Shindô passed away just a month after his 100th birthday. Contrary...

Anora: Put a Ring on It

The first rule of dating a Russian oligarch is: Don’t ever ask where their money comes from. The title character of Anora breaks this...

Descendants: Mahalo to All That

When Alexander Payne made Sideways seven years ago, George Clooney lobbied hard for the role that was eventually played by Thomas Haden Church. Payne...

Classical Gore

I’m always puzzled when my fellow film critics decry the notion of “style over substance” in movies. Style trumps everything. Style is what distinguishes...

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...