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‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ Review: A Moving Tale About the Power of Music to Heal
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James Griffiths’s film plays both its drama and comedy in decidedly minor keys. The post ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ Review: A Moving Tale About the Power of Music to Heal appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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THE RULE OF JENNY PEN Review: Lithgow And Rush Star in Impressive Horror Thriller
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Judge Stefan Mortensen is a brutally impartial judge who suffers a stroke while holding court. Now confined to a rest home, he is determined to regain his mobility, functionality and leave. He is not interested in making friends while he...
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‘Black Bag’ Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Spy Thriller Is a Cool Cucumber, but Is That Enough?
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Black Bag is the kind of old-fashioned caper that Soderbergh can make in his sleep. The post ‘Black Bag’ Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Spy Thriller Is a Cool Cucumber, but Is That Enough? appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Boston Underground Film Festival To Feature THE SURFER and Restoration of RE-ANIMATOR
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New England Friends! That most wonderful time of the year is approaching for the fantastic Boston Underground Film Festival. Having attended twice, I can attest not only to the quality and diversity of the programming, but the amazing staff and...
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The Film Stage Presents Emulsion: Episode One
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“Why on Earth is there another film podcast?” Is the question you, the reasonable listener, will ask while nevertheless hitting play on this pilot-of-sorts for yet another entry in perhaps the seventh art’s most undignified progeny. Stop me if you’ve...
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You Burn Me Review: Matías Piñeiro Muses on Sapphic Fragments and Unrequited Love
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In You Burn Me, the Argentinian littérateur-filmmaker Matías Piñeiro uses his vintage Bolex camera like the iOS Notes app. Shooting over the course of a few years, his method involved “collecting” images here and there amidst teaching jobs on two...
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Berlinale 2025 Review: DREAMS (SEX LOVE), Shapeshifting Coming-of-Age Examines Desire Across Three Generations
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Dag Johan Haugerud examines the fluid boundaries between love, desire, and memory in a film where language shapes both personal discovery and intergenerational reflection. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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The Sweet and Sour K-Drama “When Life Gives You Tangerines” Measures Life in Four Seasons of Love
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One of the joys of stories like this is how it unfolds like the pages of a book; every episode is a chapter, revealing deeper meaning to scenes you previously thought were simple.
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How “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” Subverts the “Save the Girl” Trope
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Mohammad Rasoulof's searing Iranian drama gives women the chance to save themselves.
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In “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Women Fight the Darkness—And Are Tempted By It
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Hulu's dystopian series continues to demonstrate the ways patriarchy chips away at the women subjugated by it.
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