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Film Shorts // August 9-15, 2023

OPENING   Aporia (R) Judy Greer stars in this science-fiction drama as a widow who’s given a chance to undo her husband’s death in an accident....

Theater Camp: Community

It’s been more than a quarter century since Waiting for Guffman skewered the pretensions of theatrical types with more creative passion than talent. Theater...

Film Shorts // August 2-8, 2023

OPENING   Bobi Wine: The People’s President (PG-13) Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp’s documentary profiles the Ugandan musician and opposition leader against his country’s dictatorship. (Opens...

First Slam Dunk: Rebounding

Here’s one I didn’t see coming. I wasn’t expecting much when I went to see The First Slam Dunk in an otherwise empty theater...

Cinematic Fission

Two months ago when I wrote up my summer movie preview, I identified two weekends that would feature a clash of blockbusters. One was...

Cinematic Fission

Two months ago when I wrote up my summer movie preview, I identified two weekends that would feature a clash of blockbusters. One was...

Talk to Me: Left Hand of Darkness

There are some eerie similarities between the two horror movies dropping in multiplexes this weekend. Both Haunted Mansion and Talk to Me have Black...

Film Shorts // July 26 – August 1, 2023

OPENING   Afire (NR) This German drama by Christian Petzold (Phoenix) is about a group of friends whose summer vacation is threatened by a forest fire....

Blow-Opp

Why do we watch a three-hour historical epic? We do it to be swallowed up. Other types of movies can make us see how...

Barb and the Real Girl

Maybe you saw the trailers for Barbie and, like me, you wondered just what this thing is. I’ve seen the movie now, and oh, let...