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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: The Devil and “Elvis”

June 25, 2022
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For 2 hours and 39 minutes, I was happy to sell my soul to Lucifer

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Film Review: Tribeca Film Festival 2022 — A Satire from Germany and Two More Fine Documentaries   

June 23, 2022
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I wrote last week that the best films at the Tribeca Film Festival tended to be documentaries. Then I saw a scripted German film that turned out to be an exception.

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Film Review: “The Black Phone” — A True Gem of a Scarefest About the Disposability of Gen X Kids

June 23, 2022
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The Black Phone is not just about kids fighting to live. It’s about kids fighting to be seen, and in the case of the film’s literal ghosts, heard.

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Film Review: “Cha Cha Real Smooth” — Complicating the Rom-Com

June 20, 2022
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Cha Cha Real Smooth is sappy but welcome: it is an unconventional comedy that offers a rare dose of empathy for the family in these anxious times.

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Film Review: Two “Gialli” Gems from 1972 — “All the Colors of the Dark” and “The Case of the Bloody Iris”

June 19, 2022
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All the Colors of the Dark and The Case of the Bloody Iris are underrated giallo gems worth seeking out, representing not only the best of the genre, but sex symbol Edwige Fenech’s onscreen magnetism at its strongest.

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Film Review: “Dark Glasses” – A Faded Vision

June 19, 2022
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Rather than a triumphant return to form from one of horror’s greatest visionaries, Dark Glasses plays like a faded Xerox copy of director Dario Argento’s past hits.

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Film Review: The 2022 Tribeca Film Festival — Where the Yellow Brick Road Leads to David Lynch

June 18, 2022
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As always, the documentaries at the Tribeca Film Festival were where you found the best films. Here are four I would recommend.

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Book Review: “The Star-Spangled Screen” — How Hollywood Makes War Acceptable

June 17, 2022
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One comes away a trifle numb: in part due to the sheer number of films made; but in part both awed and terrified by Hollywood’s ability to use what were, for the most part, mediocre films to make the ravages of war not only so acceptable to the American public, but glorious.

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Film Commentary: More Memorable Movies Turning 50

June 13, 2022
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The clamor to do justice to 1972 did not cease, so here are salutes to four additional films, The Getaway, Last House on the Left, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, and What’s Up Doc?.

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