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Summer Games
In one of those weird confluences of events, Hollywood’s four new releases this week are all about men testing and challenging themselves through play,...
Everything’s F9
My problem with the Fast and the Furious series was always that the movies were never silly enough. If you’re going to become a...
Silent Twins: Incommunicado
Agnieszka Smoczyńska made her first film in her native Poland. It was a musical called The Lure, about two man-eating mermaid sisters who become...
Berg Blanket Bingo
It takes a while to make an animated film. Long enough, in fact, that when directors Ash Brannon and Chris Buck and producer Chris...
Film Shorts
OPENINGS:
The Playroom (NR) This Dallas-filmed drama stars John Hawkes and Molly Parker as alcoholic parents who carry on a night of drinking in their...
Will You Love The Wildcatter Exchange? May Be
If you missed the first Woodstock, first Bonnaroo, first ACL fest, and other great cultural "firsts," well, now's your chance to say you were...
Film Shorts
OPENING:
In the Land of Blood and Honey (R) Angelina Jolie’s first film as writer-director is this English-language war film about a Serbian ...
Absolutely Fabulous: Passing Fashion
I should start off by saying I’m an Absolutely Fabulous virgin. I had never seen a single episode of the cult 1990s British sitcom...
How She Does It
In our post-Oprah era, the overachieving mother who balances a high-profile job with keeping a perfect house and happy marriage should make for a...
Lone Star Film Festival Report (Days 1-2)
I’m back with my annual blog recounting my experiences at the Lone Star Film Festival. This year’s event looks even lighter on star power...
