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A REAL PAIN Review: Dueling Character Studies on Unusual Road Trip
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin star in a film written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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CHASING CHASING AMY Review: Self-Discovery, Acceptance, and the Dark Side
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
Revisiting cinematic legacies has become a genre unto itself.   In 2021, the Tribeca Film Festival showcased Eddie Martin's documentary The Kids, a behind-the-scenes expose of Larry Clark's cult classic, revealing a web of collective trauma, exploitation, and victimhood. This...
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HBO’s “Like Water for Chocolate” is Downright Sumptuous
by admin|7 months ago|Roger Ebert
A review of the HBO series adaptation of "Like Water for Chocolate."
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HERETIC Review: A Diabolical Hugh Grant Takes Two Mormon Missionaries On A Hell Of A Ride
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
A pair of Mormon missionary sisters find themselves in a dangerous battle of wills with a charming but sinister spiritual seeker in Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’s religious themed horror puzzle box, Heretic. Sisters Paxton (Chloe East) and Barnes (Sophie...
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SPIRIT IN THE BLOOD Review: Coming of Age Surrrounded by Monsters
by admin|7 months ago|Screen Anarchy
I don't want to discount the possibility of the supernatural, since there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophy, but most 'monsters; do turn out to be human. And more often than not,...
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17 Films to See in November
by admin|7 months ago|The Film Stage
The sweet spot for many of the best films of the year, arriving before the final month of 2024, November is packed with robust offerings of Cannes, Berlinale, and fall festival highlights, along with must-see documentaries, and even a major...
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Our Film Has A Power: Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham on No Other Land
by admin|7 months ago|Roger Ebert
The filmmakers behind one of this year's most powerful documentaries details the urgency of documenting war crimes in Gaza.
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CIFF 2024: The Light of Truth: Richard Hunt’s Monument to Ida B. Wells, Time Passages, Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts
by admin|7 months ago|Roger Ebert
On three docs from this year's CIFF.
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CIFF 2024: Compensation, The Spook Who Sat by the Door, Save the Children
by admin|7 months ago|Roger Ebert
On three restorations from the Chicago International Film Festival this year, all focused on the Black experience.
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Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era
by admin|7 months ago|The Film Stage
In Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2, Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult) finds himself in an unenviable position: not only was he selected for jury duty, but something odd occurs during the murder trial’s opening statements. Details surrounding the night of the murder...
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