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Review: Cassandro

Sep 21st, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

'Cassandro,' starring the eternally baby-faced Gael Garcia Bernal, is a captivating portrait of an LGBTQ athlete persevering in an homophobic, oppressive industry (and culture). Unfortunately, it’s also sus as hell.

Harvey's Hellhole: <i>Farewell My Concubine</i>

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Harvey's Hellhole: Farewell My Concubine

Sep 20th, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

As 'Farewell My Concubine' gets an uncut, 30th-anniversary re-release this weekend, we look back at the Cannes-winning, politically charged melodrama that was trimmed by Chinese sensors AND Harvey Weinstein.

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Review: Radical Wolfe

Sep 14th, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

Basically a feature-length “American Masters” episode, it’s a standard-issue but satisfying documentary on the sharp-dressed square who set off the new wave of rock-star reporters in the 1960s.

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Harvey's Hellhole: Hip-Hop Edition

Aug 30th, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

Welcome to Harvey’s Hellhole, a monthly column devoted to spotlighting the movies that were poorly marketed, mishandled, reshaped, neglected or just straight-up destroyed by Harvey Weinstein during his reign as one of the most powerful studio chiefs in Hollywood. With this month marking the 50th...

Review: <i>You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitvah</i>

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Review: You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitvah

Aug 24th, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

Sammi Cohen's adaptation of the YA novel proves to be much more than a Sandler family home movie.

Review: <i>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem</i>

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Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Aug 3rd, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

The latest film adaptation of the cult comic-turned-pop culture juggernaut is, far and away, the funniest.

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Harvey's Hellhole: Little Buddha

Jul 31st, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

Once upon a time, Miramax tried to go epic, distributing (and, of course, demanding cuts to) Bernardo Bertolucci's post-"Last Emperor" opus.

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Review: Barbie

Jul 20th, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

Greta Gerwig’s candy-colored comedy is part pop-art farce, part consumerist-culture satire, and part feminist manifesto.

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Review: Joy Ride

Jul 6th, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

Adele Lim's directorial debut is a delightfully raunchy story of shifting friendships and cultural clashes.

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Review: Extraction 2

Jun 15th, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

The sequel to Chris Hemsworth’s made-for-Netflix action extravaganza offers, unsurprisingly, more of the same.

Harvey's Hellhole: <i>Beautiful Girls</i>

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Harvey's Hellhole: Beautiful Girls

Jun 7th, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

This month's look at the misdeeds of Miramax revisits the 1996 ensemble guy-talk comedy, in which one of the titular characters was... a 13-year-old Natalie Portman.

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Review: After Sherman

Jun 1st, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

At first glance, the new documentary After Sherman feels scattered and unfocused. Both words (either spoken or presented on-screen) and images come and go at a medium, matter-of-fact pace. People pop up and start talking without so much as an introduction. Archival footage captured on 16mm and...

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Review: About My Father

May 25th, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

The legendary thespian is slumming again in another decidedly mid family comedy.

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Review: The Mother

May 11th, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

J. Lo is on a quest to protect her daughter - and her flawless skin - in this maddeningly mediocre Netflix thriller.

Harvey's Hellhole: <i>Playing for Keeps</i>

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Harvey's Hellhole: Playing for Keeps

May 8th, 2023 Craig D. Lindsey

This month's look at the cinematic sins of the Weinstein brothers looks at one of their most egregious: the time they tried to direct a movie themselves.

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