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Bright Black Screens
Black filmmakers have grabbed center stage this year, and the heartening thing is, they’ve mostly been new blood. Steve McQueen reached a broad American...
Film Shorts // September 29 – October 5, 2021
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The Addams Family 2 (PG) The sequel to the 2019 animated film has the family going on a vacation together. Voices by Oscar Isaac,...
“Silent House,” Scary Guard
This week’s second “Film” piece is a review of Chris Kentis and Laura Lau’s thriller Silent House, in which rising star Elizabeth Olsen proves...
Ice Castle
Last August we had The Snow Queen, a Russian film based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fable. Frozen is based on the same story, but...
Film Shorts // January 6-12, 2021
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If Not Now, When? (NR) Meagan Good and Tamara LaSeon Bass co-direct and co-star in this drama about four school friends who reunite when...
Film Shorts
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He Never Died (R) Henry Rollins stars in this horror-comedy as a depressive man who can’t be killed. Also with Booboo Stewart, Steven Ogg,...
Raya: Magic Dragon
I was excited going into the press screening of Raya and the Last Dragon this past week, and not just because it’s only the...
Film Shorts
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Stolen (R) Nicolas Cage stars in this thriller as a former thief who frantically searches for his kidnapped daughter. Also with Josh Lucas, Malin...
Sex and the City 2: Hanging On
Sex and the City 2 picks up two years after the first, with the wedding of Stanford (Willie Garson) and Anthony (Mario Cantone), Carrie’s...
Film Shorts
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The Art of Racing in the Rain (PG) The best auto racing film of the year, though that doesn’t necessarily make it good. Based...
