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Film Review: “Violation” – Rethinking Revenge

April 3, 2021
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Violation utilizes extreme violence not to revel in a revenge fantasy but to deconstruct the genre’s militantly feminist appeal — “kill your rapist” — as a self-destructive endeavor offering no catharsis whatsoever.

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Film Review: “Lapsis” — A Satirical Sci-Fi Send-Up of the Gig Economy

April 2, 2021
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This new satirical sci-fi fable is perfect for home streaming to channel (or perhaps exacerbate) your gnawing anxieties at a world slipping into anti-human automation and free-market desperation.

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Film Interview: Bertrand Tavernier (1941-2021) Talks About – What Else? – French Cinema

April 1, 2021
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We mourn the loss of an affable generous man, a bridge to a vast history, who also knew and loved American culture.

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Film Review: “Ammonite” — Stark Romanticism

March 27, 2021
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The experience of watching Ammonite may prove slightly unsettling for some viewers because there is so little cinematic artifice at work.

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Film Review: Berlin International Film Festival 2021 — a Promising Virtual Detour

March 26, 2021
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This was an improved edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, and a number of films seem poised to travel widely, despite being largely ignored by the US media.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Film (Part One)

March 26, 2021
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If you like your films “weird, sexually provocative, and intellectually stimulating” (add violence to the mix) then our critics will feed your appetite splendidly.

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Film Review: “The Last Blockbuster” — A Nostalgia Trip to Video Heaven

March 24, 2021
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Could it be, I dream, that a resurgence in local video shops much be in the cards, like the vinyl record stores that are popping up everywhere now?

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Film Review: 1930’s “Ingagi” — An Elusive Beast from the Dark Shadows of American Cinema Emerges

March 22, 2021
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In its day, Ingagi raked in the crowds with a promise of weird African animals and “wild” women, and a teasing of bestiality.

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Film Review: “The Inheritance” — Brilliant and Necessary

March 21, 2021
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In its celebration of current-day Black culture, and of the vitality of Black youth, The Inheritance is an optimistic work.

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Film Review: “Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched” — Definitive Documentary on Folk Horror

March 20, 2021
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There’s no question in my mind that Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched will remain the definitive work on the history of folk horror for many years to come.

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