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Movie Review: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — Faith Restored

November 9, 2022
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is miraculous, in that it’s a Marvel movie that doesn’t come across as a link of sausage plopped wetly out of the Disney grinder.

Doc Talk: Five New Nonfiction Films Worth a Look

November 4, 2022
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From Mobile to Mars, from the mind of Robin Williams to the rise and fall of a Pez entrepreneur, and with a side trip to Newton South High.

Film Review: “Please Baby Please” — Gay Awakening

November 1, 2022
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Amanda Kramer’s created a thoroughly campy and celebratory ode to queerness that stands as both a timely political statement and a genuinely well-crafted piece of independent filmmaking.

Film Review: Final Dispatch from the London Film Festival

November 1, 2022
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A wrap-up of the London Film Festival that focuses on two favorites, Inland and The Store.

Film Review: Female Trouble and Male Troublemaking in “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Aftersun”

October 27, 2022
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Both of these films explore the theme of difficult males and resilient, caregiving females.

Film Review: “Anvil: The Story of Anvil” — Rerelease and Epilogue

October 26, 2022
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It is pretty clear that this Canadian band was not in the right place at the right time, despite the ferocious energy and speed of its music and sublime performances.

Film Review: “Frownland” — An Invisible Person Made Intimately Visible

October 26, 2022
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This little-seen film, disturbing, uncompromising, often darkly funny, should be recognized as one of the most original American independent films of this century.

Film Review: Of Farms and Fate — “Eight Deadly Shots” and “Alcarràs” at the New York Film Festival

October 25, 2022
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Two films look at the hardships and realities of rural life, past and present, at the New York Film Festival.

Film Review: “Armageddon Time” — Falling Between Two Worlds

October 24, 2022
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In James Gray’s new film, the tragedy and pain behind Jewish assimilation lurks just out of frame.

Film Review: Watching the Detective in Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave”

October 20, 2022
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Yes, an ingeniously kaleidoscopic surface, but is there anything here, in terms of motivation, to justify all the fuss?

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