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Film Review: Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place, Waiting-for-the-Vaccine Edition — Stir-Crazy 13

December 20, 2020
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Some great old films to watch while you count the days for your anti-COVID injection!

Film Review: “Possessor” — Chilling, Brutal, and Heady Horror

December 19, 2020
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This brilliant film is both an intriguing commentary on the nature of performance and a frightening allegory about how technology, at the service of our worst fantasies and urges, is capable of destroying our humanity.

Film Review: “Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story” — The Life of a Jazz Phenomenon

December 12, 2020
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Trumpeter Doc Severinsen had the right combination of talent and showmanship to reach and stay in the spotlight, and he adjusted the pieces of his life to maintain his singular place.

Film Review: Last Call for Lost Souls — “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets”

December 10, 2020
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This innovative “documentary” is a major accomplishment: it merits a much broader viewing than it is likely to attract (this one has “sleeper” and “cult classic” written all over it).

Film Review: “Another Round” — Not Drowning but Waving

December 8, 2020
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The excellent cast and realistic tone make Another Round oddly accessible, despite its rather outrageous, anti-social premise.

Film Review: Killing Time in God’s Waiting Room — A Moving Picture about Life in Florida’s “The Villages”

December 1, 2020
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Like a day in a Disney dream-land, the “heaven-on-earth” glow of life in The Villages ultimately fades – quicker for some than for others.

Film Review: “His House” — The Intimate Horror of Trauma

November 25, 2020
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This is not your typical horror film; it thoughtfully explores how houses and people can both be haunted.

Film Review: Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place, Thanksgiving Edition — Stir-Crazy 12

November 24, 2020
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Please don’t get on a plane for Thanksgiving. Avoid Covid by eating your turkey dinner before your computer screen, and watching — all free! — these handpicked classic movie entertainments.

Film Review: “Sound of Metal” — A Test of Character

November 20, 2020
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To Sound of Metal’s credit, the narrative remains open-ended, refusing to descend into a predictable “Hollywood” story of triumph over adversity.

Film Review: “The Nest” — More Is Less

November 14, 2020
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The Nest is a personal story — unsettling, beautiful, moving and haunting — about that most public of sins: greed.

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