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WATCH CLOSELY: “The Staircase”

July 4, 2022
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This series presents a compelling perspective on the relativity of determining crime and punishment.

Film Review: At the 2022 Provincetown Film Festival

July 4, 2022
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This year, I decided to skip gay films altogether. I got tickets instead for two promising lesbian-themed feature documentaries. An excellent decision.

Film Review: “The Sadness” — They’re Coming to Get You, Karen

June 30, 2022
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The Sadness is an especially brutal film about societal collapse and how public health crises like COVID-19 amplify whatever savage impulses lie dormant within us.

Film Review: “Father of the Bride” — Needlessly Recycled

June 26, 2022
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It’s welcome to have a Latino-centered Father of the Bride, but it’s debatable if we really needed one this clumsily put together.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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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