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Film Review: Wither the People of Magnitogorsk — “Kombinat”

March 2, 2021
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Without ignoring the terrible-beautiful magnetism of the industrial imagery we love to hate and hate to love, the camera is gradually, gently, drawn across the river and away from the workday, to spend time with these very real humans who serve the machines.

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Film Review: “Belfast’ — Black and White and Rosy All Over

November 16, 2021
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Belfast is overly sentimental and drenched if not drowned in nostalgia, but it’s also very sweet, uplifting, well-paced, beautifully shot, and competently assembled.

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Film Review: Killing Time in God’s Waiting Room — A Moving Picture about Life in Florida’s “The Villages”

December 1, 2020
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Like a day in a Disney dream-land, the “heaven-on-earth” glow of life in The Villages ultimately fades – quicker for some than for others.

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Film Review: “Lapsis” — A Satirical Sci-Fi Send-Up of the Gig Economy

April 2, 2021
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This new satirical sci-fi fable is perfect for home streaming to channel (or perhaps exacerbate) your gnawing anxieties at a world slipping into anti-human automation and free-market desperation.

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Film Review: Being and Time in “Truth or Consequences”

March 4, 2021
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This is a thoughtful, surprisingly moving, and extremely ambitious film, one that employs an innovative style and some unconventional pacing to explore an unusually complex philosophical and emotional landscape.

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Film Review: “Terra Femme” — Only Connect…

November 3, 2021
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Collectively, Terra Femme’s footage provides a window — or really, a suite of windows — that allows us to view a bygone world through the eyes of silent female gazers.

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Film Review: Last Call for Lost Souls — “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets”

December 10, 2020
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This innovative “documentary” is a major accomplishment: it merits a much broader viewing than it is likely to attract (this one has “sleeper” and “cult classic” written all over it).

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Film Review: “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” — Act Now!

April 9, 2023
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For these eco-warriors, it’s payback time: they didn’t start this fight, but they are determined to finish it.

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Film Commentary: Diamonds in the Rough — One Perfect Moment from “Infinite Storm”

June 25, 2022
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Years from now, I’m sure I will have forgotten nearly everything about Infinite Storm, but this one scene will still stick with me.

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Film Review: “Barbarian” — Scarebnb

September 13, 2022
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As with many horror and action films (and probably much of real life), the build-up is better than the eventual resolution/climax.

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