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Saturday Night: The Show Must Go On
Pauline Kael once described a film she reviewed as “coitus interruptus going on forever,” and that phrase came to mind when I was watching...
Apprentice: Apt Pupil
Last year I wrote that Sebastian Stan is best when he’s playing guys who are weak, small, and insecure. The word must be spreading,...
Film Shorts // October 2-8, 2024
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Average Joe (PG-13) Eric Close stars in this Christian drama as a Marine-turned-high school football coach who fights to preserve his team’s right to...
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
I didn’t weigh in on 2019’s Joker when it came out because I didn’t see it until the end of that year for awards...
Different Man: Face Time
Some actors have a face that you can’t forget, and of nobody is that truer than Adam Pearson. The London native has neurofibromatosis, which...
Dinner with Jonathan Fielding
Jonathan Fielding is taking a well-deserved break after the recent conclusion of his theater company’s season. Harbor Stage Company near Cape Cod presents only...
Outrun: Closing Time
The Outrun borrows a tactic from the 2018 meth drama Beautiful Boy in that it tells its story out of order deliberately to imitate...
Film Shorts // October 2-8, 2024
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Blink (PG) Daniel Roher and Edmund Stenson’s documentary is about a Canadian family who travel to see the world’s natural wonders before their children...
In the Land of Azrael
For a moment I was going to start this review with something like, “What a pity that Samara Weaving looks so much like Margot...
My Old Ass: Double El
I wasn’t expecting a meaningful cinematic experience from a movie entitled My Old Ass, but this high-concept comedy that turns into a teen weeper...
