Tim Jackson

Film Review: “Hoax_Canular” — Teen Prophets Turn to YouTube to Warn of Doomsday

November 1, 2014
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Hoax_Canular contains many troubling glimpses into private worlds, intimate visions of radical insecurity that are baffling, frightening, and flat-out bizarre.

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Film Review: “Nightcrawler” — A Dark Parody of Getting Ahead

October 31, 2014
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Nightcrawler is a vicious satire of the high stakes required to survive in an American free enterprise system where losers are kicked to the curb and winners take all.

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Film Review: “Whiplash” and “Birdman” — Marching to a Different Drummer

October 23, 2014
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Whiplash and Birdman — two of the best films released this year.

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Film Review: “The Blue Room” — “Gone Girl” — French Version

October 17, 2014
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Is he a murderer? Is she? Who was the victim? His wife? The mistress? The Blue Room is Gone Girl French style, which means more sex, more art, and more enigma.

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Film Review: Here Comes “The Judge” — A Case of Melodramatic Manslaughter

October 10, 2014
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The good parts of The Judge make the its missteps more painful to watch.

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Fuse Film Review: “Gone Girl” — A World of Women to Worry About

October 5, 2014
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Director David Fincher does a good job at making our skin crawl while we chuckle at the audacity of the goings-ons in Gone Girl.

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Film Review: “E-Team” — A Powerful Documentary about Defending Human Rights

October 4, 2014
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The excellent E-Team documents a remarkable effort to investigate the abuse of human rights, an endeavor that, for the most part, goes unheralded in our mainstream media.

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Music Interview: Beth Harrington on The Carters, The Cashes, and the Course of Country Music

September 23, 2014
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“The music itself is quite Gothic. It’s about murder, and death, and God, not all toe tapping stuff.”

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Music Feature: “Don’t Look Back” – Talking With Barry Tashian of The Remains

September 22, 2014
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“And the pot was very good. I don’t know if you want to print that or not.”

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Film Review: “The Drop” — A First-Rate Noir Thriller

September 13, 2014
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The Drop‘s characterizations never go beyond hapless noir archetypes, but sharp dialogue, superb performances, and the unpredictable convolutions of the plot keep the viewer on edge.

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