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Till: This Boy’s Life
Something I’ve noticed in this job: When actors whom I’ve never seen or heard of deliver a great film performance, they’re more likely to...
Film Shorts // October 26 – November 1, 2022
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Call Jane (R) Not terrible, but also not terribly urgent given its subject matter. Elizabeth Banks stars as an Illinois housewife in 1969 who...
He Lives!
People who work day-to-day, blue-collar, service jobs intersect most of our lives all the time, but we don’t give many if any of them...
Tár: Lydian Mode
Sexual harassment can happen in most professions, but classical music makes it particularly easy. Teachers spend a great deal of one-on-one time with students,...
Film Shorts // October 19-25, 2022
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American Murderer (R) This true-crime film stars Tom Pelphrey as Jason Derek Brown, the wealthy con artist who became a wanted killer. Also with...
Film Shorts // October 12-18, 2022
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All Quiet on the Western Front (R) Felix Kammerer stars in this adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s novel about a young German soldier seeing...
Dahmer: Jeff Who Lives at Home
What idiot executive told Netflix to title its dramatic series Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story? One-third of the words would have told...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 8: King Midas in Reverse
Prior to Game of Thrones’ debut, I remember selling it to a friend with a low threshold for swords and sorcery as “like The...
Film Shorts // October 5-11, 2022
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Ask Me to Dance (PG) Tom Malloy stars in his own romantic comedy as a man who’s destined to meet his soulmate before the...
Goddamn Amsterdam
For somewhat understandable reasons, the filmmakers and studio behind Amsterdam have buried the lede. This period satire is about a group of right-wing greedheads launching...
