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Review: Sequestrada

Dec 5th, 2019 Bill Bria

If Sequestrada were a documentary, it might be a success. Onscreen titles explain the plight of Brazil’s indigenous tribes, who have been displaced by the construction of river dams since at least 1989. Writers/directors Sabrina McCormick and Soopum Sohn give a few statistics regarding these...

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Review: In Fabric

Dec 4th, 2019Abby Olcese

Peter Strickland has always been a filmmaker on his own wavelength, making uniquely crafted movies like Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke of Burgundy for audiences that are practically a dictionary definition of the term “niche.” It’s hard...

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Review: Feast of the Epiphany

Dec 4th, 2019Marshall Shaffer

When I heard that Feast of the Epiphany, the inaugural feature film from the publication Reverse Shot, melded documentary and fiction, I assumed it would resemble the more formally audacious hybrids of filmmakers like Robert Greene (Kate Plays...

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Review: Spider

Nov 28th, 2019Audrey Fox

Are we ever truly able to escape the past? The mistakes that we’ve made, opinions we’ve held, and lines that we’ve crossed may feel like ancient history, but they’re always there. Hidden under a thin layer of dust, waiting for someone to...

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Review: To Your Last Death

Nov 28th, 2019Jeremy Herbert

One of my favorite flavors of indie horror is the mixtape, lovingly dubbed by filmmakers from an oddball greatest hits of genre inspiration. To Your Last Death is equal parts Heavy Metal, Cabin in the Woods, Saw, and The Belko Experiment. Not every...

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The A24 Religion

Nov 27th, 2019Michael Frank

On their website, you can buy a hat for $35, a grooming set for $42, candles for $48, T-shirts, hoodies, socks, and even beach towels ($45). The majority of items have the words “SOLD OUT” next to them. It’s not a fashion brand, or a beauty...

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Tidings of Comfort and Joy

Nov 26th, 2019Craig J. Clark

It’s a common enough sight in Christmas films: holiday shoppers admiring animatronic window displays and taking advantage of the sales at department stores while appropriate music plays over the loudspeakers. In 1984’s hard-to-find Comfort and...

Review: <i>A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood</i>

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Review: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Nov 25th, 2019Eric D. Snider

Coming on the heels of last year's documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?, the unabashedly adoring Mister Rogers story A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood puts us at risk of deifying the Presbyterian-minister-turned-TV-host. Frankly, I can't think...

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Review: Knives Out

Nov 24th, 2019Abby Olcese

Rian Johnson’s Knives Out is both a loving tribute to the murder mystery genre and a scathing satire of white privilege and the bootstrapping myth in the age of Trump. It's one of this year’s most entertaining examples of art as a reflection of...

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Review: Frozen II

Nov 20th, 2019Abby Olcese

Disney’s Frozen has remained an impressive cultural phenomenon since it hit theaters in 2013. We’ve now had six years of little girls dressing like Anna and (mostly) Elsa, and carrying around stuffed versions of Olaf the snowman and Sven the...