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Slalom: Après Ski
The first shot of Slalom is of a teenage girl’s ass. This French movie which played at last year’s virtual Cannes Film Festival has...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
Just before everything went to hell, we had the last Oscars, that feel-good win for Parasite, and me writing this piece while we were wearing...
Film Shorts // April 14-20, 2021
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Jakob’s Wife (NR) The latest horror film by Travis Stevens (Girl on the Third Floor) stars Barbara Crampton as a small-town minister’s wife who...
In the Earth: Lost in the Woods
Most filmmaking activity has shut down during this pandemic, but not all of it. Inevitably, some directors were always going to look at the...
Film Shorts // April 7-13, 2021
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Held (NR) Jill Awbrey and Bart Johnson star in this horror film as a couple trying to repair their marriage when a disembodied voice...
Odds and Ends
I couldn’t get to the few movies that are being released in theaters this week, so I thought I’d run another of my yearly...
Film Shorts // March 31, 2021
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Assault on VA-33 (R) This thriller is about a PTSD-afflicted veteran (Sean Patrick Flanery) who is forced into action after the VA hospital that...
French Exit: Frances in France
You see what Michelle Pfeiffer can do when she’s focused. This actress lit up Hollywood in the late ’80s and all through the ’90s...
Godzilla vs. Kong: Monster Smackdown
I have to say, this current series of Hollywood movies about Godzilla feels like the wrong kind of throwback. Taken as a whole, ...
Film Shorts // March 24-30, 2021
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Mystery of the Kingdom of God (NR) This Christian animated film is about a boy who must undergo trials and tests to be admitted...
