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The Best Movies of 2012

I discovered something quite distressing while prepping for this annual listicle. I made an initial pass through a list of movie titles from 2012...

Of an Age: Riding in Cars With Boys

Not a great deal happens in Of an Age. I’ve decided I’m okay with that. These days, all the coming-of-age movies are relegated to...

Ant-Man 3: Shrinking

There was a lot to unpack in Avengers: Endgame, but thinking about the character arc of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) made me quite sad...

Film Shorts // February 15-21, 2023

OPENING   Close (PG-13) Nominated for the Oscar for Best International Feature, this Belgian drama stars Eden Dambrine and Gustav de Waele as two 13-year-old boys...

Consecration Game

You know the drill with these Catholic horror movies: tons of bombast, fusty church backdrops, cheesy demon effects, conspiracies reaching into Rome, Latin words...

Film Shorts // February 8-14, 2023

OPENING   Amigos (NR) This Indian comedy stars Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Ashika Ranganath, and Nithin Prasanna. (Opens Friday) Kasethan Kadavulada (NR) A remake of a 1972 Indian...

Film Shorts // February 1-7, 2023

OPENING   All Quiet on the Western Front (R) Erich Maria Remarque’s World War I novel was made into a movie that won the Best Picture...

Women Talking: Voices of Change

I’m usually depressed by the unexpected Oscar nominations, but every once in a while, a pleasant surprise sneaks in. That would be Women Talking,...

Film Shorts // January 25-31, 2023

OPENING   The Banshees of Inisherin (R) Martin McDonagh’s fourth film is his first that takes place in his native Ireland, and it feels the most...

Checking In

After discerning audiences survived the tidal wave of pollution that was reality TV in the last couple of decades (an oil spill from Jersey...