Film

Film Review: “Day of the Fight” – The Boxing Genre Reinvented … Again

December 12, 2024
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It may be shot in B&W, but “Day of the Fight” is not a retread of “Raging Bull” — though Joe Pesci is present.

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Film Review: “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” — Troll Poopies

December 12, 2024
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Ya gotta understand — corporate assholes are like Sauron’s boss, Morgoth. They are incapable of creation. They can only appropriate and warp, like how Morgoth appropriated and warped Elves to create Orcs.

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Film Review: “Oh, Canada” — Remembrance of Uncertainty Past

December 10, 2024
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The aim is to evoke, critically, a period when adventure, for men, was about running away to Cuba or going on Kerouac-inspired road trips.

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Film Review: Go with the “Flow”

December 5, 2024
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This film puts “cat” back in catastrophe

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Book Review: “My Affair with Art House Cinema” — Still Hot and Heavy

December 2, 2024
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It’s hard to imagine anyone connected with the movie world who is not appreciative of  Phillip Lopate for the grace and intelligence and knowledge he has brought to film criticism.

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Film Review: The Celluloid Version of “Wicked” Defies Gravity

November 20, 2024
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It’s wonderful to see the cinema do justice to the magic of this beloved musical.

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Doc Talk: Grievous Bodily Charms in “S/He Is Still Her/e: The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary”

November 19, 2024
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Director David Charles Rodrigues incorporates this wealth of material, a superflux of images generated by Genesis P-Orridge and the various artistic enterprises s/he founded, with concision and insight. The life and work of his subject is chronicled over the course of a lucid and kaleidoscopic 100 minutes.

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Film Review: “Dream Team” — Tropic Blunder

November 14, 2024
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Sitting in my bedroom, viewing a screener copy of “Dream Team”, my initial bewilderment eventually curdled into boredom.

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Doc Talk: Fame and Obscurity at “Wicked Queer Docs”

November 14, 2024
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Documentaries on George Michael, Janis Ian, and Jackie Shane look at musicians who grappled with the fear and consequences of expressing their true identities.

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Film Review: “Blitz” — Children’s Crusade

November 11, 2024
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In director Steve McQueen’s “Blitz”, chaos can be a scary but exciting adventure, as tragedy and trauma mingle with the magic of a fairy tale.

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