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Film Review: “Benedetta” — Get Thee to a Nunnery, Go!

December 8, 2021
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Rather disappointingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, the expressions of lesbian eroticism in Benedetta are very obviously depicted for the male gaze.

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Music Documentary: “The Beatles: Get Back” — Back to Where They Once Belonged

December 7, 2021
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Who else, but The Beatles, could command this much attention, of this many people, for that long of a time, and still be interesting, even joyous?

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Film Review: “The Feast” — Eating the Rich

December 2, 2021
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The Feast isn’t coherent enough to go toe to toe with modern folk horror heavyweights, but it’s an admirable entry in the canon.

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Film Review: “Boiling Point” — Heat in the Kitchen

December 1, 2021
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Boiling Point is as suspenseful a film as anything else I’ve seen this year.

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WATCH CLOSELY: HBO”s “Scenes from a Marriage” — Love, Naturally

November 24, 2021
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These are people behaving badly, even while they struggle to retain their dignity.

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Film Review: “The Power of the Dog” — A Beautiful Study in Contrasts

November 24, 2021
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Director Jane Campion’s sharp adaptation of Thomas Savage’s novel focuses on the damage done to those who surrender to the alluring but pernicious “sword” of social conformity.

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Film Review: “The Scary of Sixty-First” — “Give up your shitposts which are completely useless…”

November 24, 2021
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This isn’t so much a movie as it is a micro-budget prank, and I must respect the hustle Dasha Nekrasova is pulling here even if it’s not in good taste.

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Film Review: “C’mon c’mon” — Taking Care of Kids

November 21, 2021
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For a movie starring a kid, this one is adroitly crafted and goes easy on the treacle.

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Film Review: “Karen Dalton: In My Own Time” – (One-of-a-kind musical find)

November 18, 2021
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Singular folksinger Karen Dalton never made it to the big time. A new documentary suggests why.

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Film Review: “Film About a Father Who” — Daddy Lessons

November 16, 2021
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Rather than directly interviewing her father about his life, Lynne decided to take a more peripheral approach in order to figure out what makes her dear old dad tick.

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