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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...
Major Distribution for 12 Mighty Orphans
For all you aspiring filmmakers out there, here's a story about the rewards of patience. Way back in the palmy summer of 2011, I...
Film Shorts // January 13-19, 2021
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American Skin (R) Nate Parker (The Birth of a Nation) stars in and directs this drama as a Black man seeking revenge on the...
Film Shorts // January 6-12, 2021
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If Not Now, When? (NR) Meagan Good and Tamara LaSeon Bass co-direct and co-star in this drama about four school friends who reunite when...
