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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...
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
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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...
