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Escape: Heading South

You may know this: The demilitarized zone that divides North and South Korea is a vibrant wildlife preserve, with dozens of endangered species finding...

Film Shorts // July 3-9, 2024

OPENING   Despicable Me 4 (PG) Where other long-running movie franchises run out of ideas, this fourth installment has so many ideas that they get in...

Kill Forty Thieves

Well, you see, Indians do watch movies from other countries. That’s true everywhere, of course, but even with the country’s recent restrictions on free...

Kinds of Kindness: Look What You Made Me Do

You’ve noticed that all of Yorgos Lanthimos’ films have a dance break. Sometimes it’s hilarious, like Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo tearing up the...

Janet, Dammit

I seem to lack the proper appreciation for these lyrical, contemplative films about girls growing up with distant parents. You may remember that I...

Film Shorts // June 26 – July 2, 2024

OPENING   Blue Lock: Episode Nagi (PG-13) The big-screen version of the anime series follows Seishiro Nagi (voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki) before he enters the youth...

Thelma: Scoot on Over

Can you make a thriller with a 93-year-old main character? Maybe it’s not as difficult as we think. Sure, a nonagenarian actor is unlikely...

Til Tuesday

“And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die,” wrote John Donne. The 17th-century metaphysical poet had a powerful imagination, but I doubt...

Film Shorts // June 19-25, 2024

OPENING   Agent Recon (NR) Derek Ting writes, directs, and stars in this action thriller as a young soldier sent to track a mysterious disturbance at...

Inside Out 2: All the Feelings

I was going to start this review with an accounting of the ways in which Inside Out 2 fails to reach the lofty heights of...