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Film Shorts // November 22-28, 2023
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Aadikeshava (NR) This Indian action-comedy stars Panja Vaisshnav Tej, Sreeleela, Aparna Das, Radhika Sarathkumar, Joju George, and Keshav Deepak. (Opens Friday)
Big Shark (NR) Tommy...
Hunger Games: Snow Falling on Panem
In the novel The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen describes herself as being small-statured, olive-skinned, and dark-haired, so of course, when they made the movie...
Next Goal Wins: Beach Soccer
Taika Waititi’s latest comedy is Next Goal Wins, and — oh no, it’s my imaginary question-asker from my soccer columns. He must have heard...
Film Shorts // November 15-21, 2023
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Be My Family (NR) Zhang Yi and Pan Binlong star in this Chinese drama as two brothers trying to take care of a little...
Holdovers: I’ll Have a Blue Christmas
One of Roger Ebert’s last film reviews was of Barney’s Version, and I remember how he described Paul Giamatti’s character in the 2011 comedy:...
Anatomy of a Fall: The Red and the White
Over in France, Anatomy of a Fall was already an object of controversy before most people had seen it. That’s because after Justine Triet’s...
Marvels: Tag Team
Let me draw your attention to one thing about The Marvels. It’s the running time, a crisp 100 minutes even including the mid-credit sequence...
Film Shorts // November 8-14, 2023
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Adventures of the Naked Umbrella (NR) This comedy stars Jeremy Davies as a conspiracy theorist who goes into a tailspin after his trailer home...
Persian Version: She’s So Unusual
A few years ago, I reviewed The Big Sick and pondered the possibility of Muslim filmmakers gaining an identity in Western cinema like other...
Priscilla: The Rock Star’s Wife
When I reviewed Elvis, I mentioned a bunch of subjects that Baz Luhrmann’s biopic merely brushed past. One of those subjects was Priscilla Presley...
