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Nomadland: On the Road Again
Her name is Chloé Zhao, and she makes Westerns. It may seem odd that this 38-year-old native of Beijing found herself at home in...
DFWFCA Taps Nomadland As 2020’s Best Film
In keeping with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' dictum that the year in film ends on February 28, the DFW Film...
Judas: I Am a Revolutionary
Back in 1992, Spike Lee’s flawed and magnificent Malcolm X and the galvanizing performance at its center raised the Black Muslim leader from the...
Maud and Savior
What turns people into monsters? What convinces them that murder is the right thing to do? More than racial animus, more than political fanaticism,...
Film Shorts // February 3-9, 2021
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Dara of Jasenovac (R) This Serbian film stars Biljana Ćekić as a Croatian girl sent to an infamous Nazi concentration camp during World War...
Earwig: The Witch’s Daughter
The headline about Earwig and the Witch is that this is the first computer-drawn animated film made by the Japanese outfit Studio Ghibli. While...
Film Shorts // January 27-February 2, 2021
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The Little Things (R) Seriously, they got together three recent Oscar winners for this pile of crap? This serial killer that’s a throwback in...
Supernova: We Are All Made of Stars
In my travels, I’ve come across numerous movies that were dull, bad, or ordinary yet had a single moment or scene that achieved greatness....
Film Shorts // January 20-26, 2021
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False Hopes (NR) Originally titled About Hope, this romantic comedy stars Justin Ray as a man caught between two women after a lifetime of...
Bridgerton: Love & Friendship
In a recent movie review, I mused that ancient British baronial estates are not known to be welcoming to Black people. One of the...
