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Film Shorts // January 15-21, 2025
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Alarum (R) Sylvester Stallone and Scott Eastwood star in this thriller as secret agents who are besieged at a remote cabin after stealing a...
The Best Supporting Performances of 2024
I’m trying something different this year. The end of this article contains a mention of movies with terrific ensemble casts. I think that’s worth...
Better Man: Hey Hey, It’s the Monkey!
“What’s with the monkey?” asks Robbie Williams in the trailer of Better Man, a movie based on his life. The film is in many...
Film Shorts // January 8-14, 2025
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Birdeater (NR) This comic thriller stars Shabana Azeez as a bride-to-be who’s invited to her future husband’s bachelor party, with unpredictable results. Also with...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2024
Need hope for the upcoming year? Writing up this feature always gives me that, as I look forward to the movies these first-time directors...
Film Shorts // January 1-7, 2025
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Barroz (NR) Mohanlal stars in and directs this Malayalam-language fantasy film about a ghost who guards a centuries-old Portuguese treasure until it’s found by...
Top Docs of ’24
Earlier this year, I wrote in our Pride Month issue that trans filmmakers might be the next wave in LGBTQ filmmaking. Now I find that...
Complete Unknown: What About Bob?
Yet another music biopic that feels about as deep as a children’s picture book, A Complete Unknown is based on Elijah Wald’s history Dylan...
The Best Movie Dialogue of 2024
They say that blog posts are all audio and visual content now, and that the written word is becoming an afterthought. Maybe that’s true,...
Nosferatu: Walpurgisnacht
Time once again for me to be a film-school nerd. May I direct your attention to the whiteboard. Like all other film-school nerds, regardless...
