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The Beguiled: Life and Limb
I'll start this review by admitting that I haven't read Thomas Cullinan's 1966 novel The Beguiled, which was first made into a movie in...
White Raven: Ukrainian Sniper
For all you fellow film freaks out there, maybe the Russian invasion of Ukraine has made you curious about what sort of movies they’ve...
The Royal Hotel: Don’t Blame It on the Alcohol
I didn’t hop on the hype train for The Assistant when I saw it in 2020. While I pegged director Kitty Green as someone...
Wall Street Sequel: Gekko Insurance
Here’s an example of overthinking. Oliver Stone’s sequel to his 1987 hit Wall Street is entitled Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. The subtitle refers...
Beauty and the Beast: Ring My Belle
While in pre-production on La La Land, Damien Chazelle reportedly wanted Emma Watson instead of Emma Stone for the lead role. That now looks...
Tár: Lydian Mode
Sexual harassment can happen in most professions, but classical music makes it particularly easy. Teachers spend a great deal of one-on-one time with students,...
Film Shorts
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Annihilation (R) Natalie Portman stars in this science-fiction film by Alex Garland (Ex Machina) as a biologist who leads a team of scientists into...
Belfast: We the North
Even with his Gaelic name, it’s easy to forget that Kenneth Branagh is not English. He is from Northern Ireland, that Protestant northeastern corner...
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...
Hit the Bricks
You’re right to be suspicious of a movie based on a set of wildly popular children’s toys, and yet The Lego Movie is far...
