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The Neon Demon: Fashion Victims

Maybe you heard that Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon caused boos and walkouts at Cannes. Sometimes it seems like every movie does that,...
The Phenom

The Phenom: Mental Games

You’ve seen Johnny Simmons around. The almost unbearably cute 29-year-old Dallas product has distinguished himself in Hollywood as the doomed boyfriend in Jennifer’s Body,...

Film Shorts

OPENING Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (NR) Jeremy Coon and Tim Skousen’s documentary profiles three teenagers who spent eight years...

Blue Tang Clan

Maybe you heard rumors about a human lesbian couple turning up in Pixar’s Finding Dory. I was prepared to ignore the issue, but it...

Cry Wolfe

Genius is a movie about Thomas Wolfe. I don’t mean the 1960s journalist who coined the term “radical chic.” That writer became known as...

Film Shorts

OPENING Dheepan (R) The winner of the Golden Palm at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, Jacques Audiard’s thriller stars Jesuthasan Antonythasan as a Sri Lankan...

Presto!

Back in 2013, Now You See Me was seen by audiences as a nice surprise and by critics as largely flashy but empty sleight...

Tour de Francia

Do I really need to say at this point that American movies have failed Latino audiences? Well, yes, actually. After all, what may be...

Considering Kate Beckinsale

Sometimes you need a vacation to step away and think. I recently took a week of personal time and found myself pondering Kate Beckinsale...

Film Shorts

OPENING How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change (NR) Josh Fox (Gasland) directs this documentary about activists...