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Film Shorts // January 22-28, 2025
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Boonie Bears: Time Twist (PG) This Chinese animated film is about a logger (voiced by Paul “Maxx” Rinehart) who must travel through time and...
Grand Theft Hamlet: Player Kings
I just ran my list of the best documentary films of last year, and while Grand Theft Hamlet arrives too late to merit consideration...
Brutalist: Big Blocks
Of all the Oscar contenders in play this awards season, The Brutalist is unquestionably the longest. We’re talking three hours and 35 minutes, which...
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...
