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Film Review: “Don’t Worry Darling” — Land of the Living Dolls

September 19, 2022
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As a satire on the power of male-dominated corporations to manufacture consent and conformity, Don’t Worry Darling is devilishly amusing. Though credibility is not its strong suit.

At the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival — A Realistic Satire from Brazil, A Farce from Palestine

September 16, 2022
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At this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, there were celebrities, studio premieres and plenty of films with modest budgets that vied for attention.

Film Review: Geek Out in “Moonage Daydream.” Oh, Yeah!

September 15, 2022
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A new documentary artfully and excitingly suggests what made David Bowie tick.

Film Review: “Barbarian” — Scarebnb

September 13, 2022
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As with many horror and action films (and probably much of real life), the build-up is better than the eventual resolution/climax.

Doc Talk: The Camden International Film Festival — Location, Location, Location

September 13, 2022
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This year the Camden International Film Festival, which may be the finest documentary film festival in New England, examines the importance of place.

Film Review: “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” — The Gospel of Ridicule

September 10, 2022
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Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. would have been wise to stick to being a conventional mockumentary, a sardonic deconstruction of its target, the megachurch.

Film Review: “Babysitter” — The Teaches of Peaches

September 7, 2022
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Babysitter tackles the ambiguities of misogyny head-on in a 35 mm sugar rush of magical suburban realism.

Film Retrospective: “Early Kiarostami” — One of Cinema’s Great Humanist Auteurs

September 2, 2022
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Abbas Kiarostami was the most important filmmaker to come out of the New Iranian Cinema movement, which spawned works that became staples in film festivals worldwide from the late ’80s on.

Film Review: Ozon Layer — “Peter von Kant” and the Anxiety of Influence

September 1, 2022
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Inevitably, by recasting Petra von Kant as a version of Rainer Werner Fassbinder himself, François Ozon has rendered the film self-consciously cinematic.

Film Review: “Three Thousand Years of Longing” – A Dreamy Fairy Tale For Adults

August 25, 2022
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Action and kids film director George Miller goes the adult fantasy route.

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