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Film Review: At the Toronto Film Fest — “Apples,” An Eerie, Airy Slice of New Greek Weird Wave

September 11, 2020
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What comes through most resonantly in Apples is its envisioning of a society starting over, and its suggestion that a clean slate, accepted honestly, might not be the worst thing.

Film Review: “Feels Good Man” — A Far Right Frog-napping

September 9, 2020
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Feels Good Man is a provocative, entertaining, and moving documentary about an artist trying to retain his identity along with the innocence of the cartoon character he created.

Film Review: “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” — The Blues of Existence

September 5, 2020
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You may not know what you’re feeling or what to think about what you’ve seen afterward. This is a rare experience in cinema to be savored, or at the very least highly valued.

Film Review: At the Fantasia International Film Festival, Part Three

September 5, 2020
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In wrapping up Fantasia, I focused on The Five Rules of Success, Come True, and The Dark and the Wicked, three ambitious genre titles that have stuck with me long since their credits rolled.

Book Review: Filmmaker Werner Herzog — On the Hunt for the Ecstatic Truth

September 4, 2020
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This thoughtful study offers a worthwhile critical perspective on Werner Herzog, one of the world’s great living film artists.

Visual Arts/Film Review: “Elliott Erwitt — Silence Sounds Good” — Far From Dull

September 2, 2020
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Aside from making generalities about “making good photographs” and “earning a living,” celebrated photographer Elliott Erwitt steadfastly refuses to be drawn out.

Film Review: At the Fantasia International Film Festival, Part Two

August 30, 2020
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Movies, great or awful, are essential comforts in these nightmarish times. And in my second dispatch of the Fantasia fest, I bring better tidings.

Film Review: “Unhinged” — Relentless Road Rage

August 29, 2020
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Unhinged is one of the most violent films I’ve seen in recent memory where there is no excessive gun play. But who needs bullets when you are driving a two ton projectile powered by an endless, roiling fount of rage?

Film Review: “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” — Charlie Kaufman’s Hall of Existential Mirrors Glimmers Darkly

August 27, 2020
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I’m Thinking of Ending Things is a bit of a wonder, a careful nightmare that demands rapt attention even if repeated viewings do little to assuage its eeriness.

Film Remembrance: Death of a Bible “Salesman”

August 26, 2020
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The cinema verite masterpiece is among the first non-fiction theatrical features to chronicle “regular” people going about their everyday lives.

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