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Film Review: “Flux Gourmet” — Food, Glorious Food

August 23, 2022
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Flux Gourmet occasionally reminded me of the films of Peter Greenaway, who often juxtaposed the grotesque or disturbing with the beautiful and ethereal.

Film Review: “Orphan: First Kill” — Murder as Child’s Play

August 18, 2022
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This prequel is the rare instance of a horror film, in this case a prequel, that is better than its predecessor.

Film Review: “Bodies Bodies Bodies” — Seven Little Influencers

August 15, 2022
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This horror comedy traps a cadre of privileged, narcissistic Zennials in a whodunit murder mystery and lets their internet-addled delusions of grandeur tear them apart in the paranoid fallout.

Film Review: “Resurrection” — Turning Words into Weapons

August 8, 2022
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Rebecca Hall gives Resurrection the psychological grounding it needs, as the thriller stretches towards a macabre, fable-like payoff.

Film Review: “A Love Song” — A Marvel of Humanity

August 6, 2022
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Max Walker-Silverman’s first feature, A Love Song, is a character-driven, humanist, and deeply ecological present to someone of my generation.

Film Review: “Nope” – Behold, the Great American Spectacle

August 2, 2022
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Nope, Jordan Peele’s highly anticipated third feature, is an awe-inspiring marvel about our own unrelenting obsession with spectacle.

Film Review: More Than Oral Fixation — Director Lucile Hadžihalilovićs Icily Fetishistic “Earwig”

July 29, 2022
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Earwig taps into a diabolical Freudian cabinet of uncanny curiosities and symbols.

Film Review: “Medusa” — “She’s Beautiful and She’s Screaming”

July 25, 2022
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Brazilian director Anita Rocha Da Silveira’s latest film is a genre-spliced howl of feminine fury in the face of right-wing Christian conservatism.

Film Review: Claire Denis’s Furious “Both Sides of the Blade” — Electricity Run Amok

July 5, 2022
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In a world riven by war and flirting with Armageddon you’d be forgiven for wondering how the microcosmic hothouse of Fire could command your attention. The answer: director Claire Denis’s artistry.

Film Review: “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” — Respecting a Child’s Sense of Wonder

July 5, 2022
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Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a work of depth as well as inspired silliness, structured with moments of quiet contemplation in between the laughs.

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