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Film Review: The Art of Adolescent Angst on Display in “Didi”

August 4, 2024
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Like Truffaut, Spielberg, Gerwig, and other renowned auteurs, director Sean Wang has made a deeply felt, funny film that cogently draws on his experiences as a volatile and angsty adolescent.

Film Review: “Sing Sing” — The Truth of Performance, Behind Bars

August 3, 2024
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Compellingly, “Sing Sing” reinforces the belief that art, no matter where it takes place, has the power to heal, educate, and build community.

Film Review: Tongues Are Untied in “Kneecap”

July 30, 2024
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A frenetic, funny, foul-mouthed, and sometimes facile testament to the fact that language matters.

Musician Interview: “Getting It Back,” A Documentary about the Surprising Story of Afro-Funk Pioneers Cymande

July 28, 2024
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The band’s potent, percussive sound was years ahead of its time, as proven by today’s red hot London jazz scene, whose biggest stars are audibly influenced by Cymande.

Film Review: “Green Border” — Zone of Disinterest

July 24, 2024
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“Green Border” is artful, anguished agitprop.

Film Commentary: Looking Sharp, Leatherface! “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” Turns Fifty

July 23, 2024
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No 4k DVD, Blu-ray, theatrical digital, or streaming version of the movie improves on the visceral electricity of the original “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre”.

Book Review: “Corpses, Fools and Monsters” — The History and Future of Trans Lives in Cinema

July 23, 2024
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The book’s final words offer hope for the future: “Despite the compromised nature of the trans film image of the past, there are many new horizons possible for the trans film image of the future, and that canvas, with all these images, will tell our story in cinema.”

Film Review: “The Nature of Love” — Revamping the Rom-Com

July 21, 2024
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Director Monia Chokri finds a language for communicating Sophia’s desire without putting her body on display.

Film Review: “Crumb Catcher” — Labor Saving Device?

July 19, 2024
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Themes of class, race, and artistic appropriation reminiscent of “American Fiction” lurk beneath “Crumb Catcher”‘s generic conventions.

Film Review “Longlegs” — Teeth of the Hydra

July 18, 2024
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There’s more horror on the horizon, but “Longlegs” will undoubtedly stand as one of the buzziest chillers of 2024.

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