Thriving Small, Living Large
What micro-budget and minimalist cinema can teach superhero blockbusters, and what they can learn from each other.
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"Don't Look Up" Depicts Our Unfortunate Now and Accurate Undoing
A satire so on point, it's scary.
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The Fool Faces Tomorrow
Onur Tukel is one of the best filmmakers of NYC at the moment, and his latest is a prime example of why.
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Somehow, Someway, 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' Was Mostly Ok - Then There's the Indie 'The Party'
Plus some MCU talk for your Pre-Turkey Day meal enjoyment!
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Dennis Hopper Didn't Go Punk with "Out Of The Blue" - Punk Went Hopper
Brutal discomfort and a yearning for total freedom line this newly restored hardcore classic.
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This "Implanted" Flick Is a Flash Drive Not For Saving
Any finished film is a miracle of effort. But...
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"Belfast" Mon Amour, or One of the Sweetest Films of the Year
Branagh leaves brightness behind where darkness and uncertainty stood.
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"New York Ninja" Flips the Script
A film that was never completed, has now been assembled into a new kind of 80s b-movie beast.
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Lots of Talk and Sex During "The Last Days of Capitalism"
Like an O'Jays song, but sad(der).
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The Impact That "This Is Not a War Story" Hopes to Make is Great
An anti-war non-war film. A domestic meditation on National sins, and those who are forced to live with it all.
There's No Such Thing as Too Many Funded Critics
A drive for paid subscribers, a pledge for readers to try - plus a movie review (of course).
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American Black Film Festival 2021 with "Big Chief, Black Hawk"
The Mardi Gras Indian documentary to conquer them all.