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The Hunt
No film released this year has left me more shattered during its end credits than Thomas Vinterberg’s The...
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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Do not be confused by the title, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty is by no means a simple...
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Paradise: Faith
Almost immediately after I saw Paradise: Love at the Chicago International Film Festival last year I knew it...
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Electrick Children
You might have seen movies about teenage pregnancy before, but you’ve never seen them done like this. In...
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No
Right around the time the world began to awe over household microwaves (something touched on in this film),...
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Crystal Fairy
According to a recent New York Times article, Michael Cera’s latest film, Crystal Fairy, began to shoot when...
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The East
I’ll admit that the main reason I was interested in The East was due to it starring Ellen...
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Fruitvale Station
On New Year’s Day 2009, Oscar Grant, a black 22-year-old Bay Area resident was pulled off a BART...
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Return
It’s a concept we’re all familiar with: a soldier comes home from war and finds it difficult to...
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Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (LA Film Fest)
David Lowery’s unclear and unconvincing script extinguishes what could have been a fiery noir burning with lust and...
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The History of Future Folk
It’s not often I encounter new film genres. There’s nothing new under the sun, right? But a comedic...
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Aftershock
The new horror-thriller Aftershock is not be directed by Eli Roth (Nicolas Lopez is the director), but make...
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A Band Called Death
“’Pure rock ‘n’ roll is what they don’t play on the radio.’ That’s what David always said.” More...
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Byzantium
Since the advent of color in film, gushing red stuff has been one of cinema’s most enduring images—the...
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Generation Um
One probably expects a film starring Keanu Reeves would be filled with action, but aside from one scene...