Kristian Lin
No Other Land: Don’t Tread on Me
Our idiot president has said that the Gazans should go find a homeland somewhere else. If he’s willing to put them up in Trump...
Film Shorts // February 19-25, 2025
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Cleaner (R) Daisy Ridley may be best in these B-level thrillers, but that doesn’t make this movie good. She stars as a dishonorably discharged...
Captain America: Fly Like a Falcon
Who decided that these Marvel superhero movies all needed to be 3-hour baggy affairs? Not that I didn’t appreciate those films on their terms,...
Armand: Ain’t Misbehavin’
Renate Reinsve did not receive an Oscar nomination for The Worst Person in the World, but she did get noticed. This past year, she...
Film Shorts // February 12-18, 2025
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Brahma Anandam (NR) This Telugu-language comedy stars Raja Goutham as a struggling actor who approaches his estranged grandfather (Brahmanandam) for financial help. Also with...
I’m Still Here: Desaparecido
Now that the Emilia Pérez Oscar campaign has turned into a tire fire, the foreign film to watch in the Oscar race is probably...
Detective Chinatown: Colors of the West
Wonders never cease in this job. I found a movie that celebrates the best of America, and it’s a Chinese film. Detective Chinatown 1900...
Film Shorts // February 5-11, 2025
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Becoming Led Zeppelin (PG-13) Bernard MacMahon’s documentary profiles the band members about the British band’s rise to stardom. Starring Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John...
Seed of the Sacred Fig: A Movie in Secret
Mohammad Rasoulof is now an exile because he made The Seed of the Sacred Fig. The Iranian director was the talk of the Cannes...
Film Shorts // January 29 – February 4, 2025
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Companion (R) Drew Hancock’s thriller is about a recently deceased billionaire’s friends whose gathering is interrupted when one of the guests (Sophie Thatcher) turns...
