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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...
Film Shorts // September 25 – October 1, 2024
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Azrael (R) This dialogue-free horror film stars Samara Weaving as a young woman who fights to prevent herself from being made a human sacrifice...
Substance: Stealing Beauty
There was still a stigma about actresses getting naked on camera in the 1990s, when Demi Moore became a Hollywood leading lady. She aimed...
Film Shorts // September 18-24, 2024
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And Mrs. (NR) This British comedy stars Aisling Bea as a woman who determines to marry her fiancé (Colin Hanks) even after he dies...
Speak No Evil: All Happy Families
I missed the original Speak No Evil when it reached our shores in late 2022, despite the laudatory reviews for Christian Tafdrup’s horror film...
Film Shorts // September 11-17, 2024
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Am I Racist? (PG-13) Matt Walsh stars in Justin Folk’s documentary about DEI practices. (Opens Friday)
Ardas Sarbat De Bhalle Di (NR) Gippy Grewal writes,...
The AI in Animation
“We knew we were going to walk into the fire doing this,” said Brandon P. Schwindt.
The director is in Los Angeles along with his...
