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Taste of Things: Chef’s Kiss

The first half-hour of The Taste of Things is entirely taken up with the characters preparing a meal. First, a simple omelet for themselves:...

N&D 2.14.24 // Welcome to Black History Month!

The first national celebration that focused on the history of Black Americans was Negro History Week in 1925, a bookend timeframe in February between...

Alone in ‘Night Country’

Early in Episode 2 of True Detective: Night Country, tough cop Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) drops in on Fiona Shaw (Rose Aguineau), a local...

Film Shorts // February 14-20, 2024

OPENING   Altered Reality (NR) Charles Agron stars in this science-fiction film about a man given a chance to try a miracle drug that can fix...

How to Have Sex: Trouble in Paradise

Over in the U.K., people are losing their minds over a movie with the attention-grabbing title of How to Have Sex. It popped up...

Lisa Frankenstein: Love Is Undead

Kathryn Newton has spent the last few years being cast as conventional pretty girls in such different films as the addiction drama Ben Is...

Film Shorts // February 7-13, 2024

OPENING   Dayarani (NR) This Nepalese comedy stars Diya Pun as a woman whose family pressures her into a loveless marriage to continue the family line....

Zone of Interest: Next-Door Neighbors

I wrote in my Top 10 Movies list that Japan had a great year in 2023. I could have mentioned Germany, too. That country...

Film Shorts // January 31 – February 6, 2024

OPENING   Ambajipeta Marriage Band (NR) This Indian comedy stars Suhas and Shivani Nagaram as twins whose lives are changed by unexpected events. Also with Goparaju...

The Curse: Frictionless

How does a TV show end? We’ve seen the “main character dies” ending, we’ve seen the “all the characters die” ending, we’ve seen the...