FILM

FILM 

‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments

An excellent movie about the bad options available to a small-town pregnant teen

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TV Holiday Films Are My Lifeline Right Now

March 27, 2020 Kristin Clifford 0 Comments Christina Milian, Christmas, Jodie Sweetin, Merry and Bright, TV holiday films

Joy to the Christmas-based economy

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Spenser’s Grift

March 20, 2020March 22, 2020 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 2 Comments Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, Robert Urich, Spenser Confidential, Winston Duke

Robert B. Parker wouldn’t recognize the Boston in Spenser Confidential

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Great Movies About Lightness During Hard Times

March 19, 2020March 23, 2020 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Charles Bronson, Hard Times, Hope and Glory, Joel McCrea, John Boorman, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Paper Moon, Preston Sturges, Ryan O'Neal, Sullivan's Travels, Tatum O'Neal

Don’t watch Contagion when you’re living it in real time

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‘Miles Davis: The Birth of Cool’

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Jenny Parrott 0 Comments

The continual reinvention and resurrection of the jazz legend

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Movie Theaters are Dead. Long Live Movie Theaters!

March 18, 2020March 20, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alamo Drafthouse, AMC Theaters, ArcLight, COVID-19, Criterion Channel, Disney, Emma, Fast and Furious, Invisible man, Netflix, Regal Cinemas, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tarkovsky, The Hunt

Filmgoing is done for now. But is it done for?

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DOCUMENTARY FILM 

‘I’m Gonna Make You Love Me’

March 16, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

A man becomes a woman and then a man again

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DOCUMENTARY FILM 

The Madness of Del Close

March 15, 2020March 17, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Adam McKay, Bob Odenkirk, Charna Halpern, Del Close, For Madmen Only, Heather Ross, James Urbaniak, Matt Walsh, Tina Fey

Documentary unravels the mystery of the guru of American comedy

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The Movies I Would Have Seen at SXSW

March 13, 2020March 17, 2020 Glenda S. McKinney 0 Comments Psycho Goreman, Quilt Fever, Save Yourselves!, SXSW, SXSW Film, Yummy

What happens to an avid festivalgoer’s dream deferred?

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‘The Hunt’ Mocks Us All

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Betty Gilpin, Craig Zobel, Damon Lindelof, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz

An appropriate final movie release before the apocalypse

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SXSW Activations We Dodged Because of Coronavirus

March 12, 2020March 19, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Dark Phoenix, GORE-TEX, Hightown, Marvel, Michelle Pfeiffer, New Mutants, Poo~Pourri, STARZ, SXSW, The Office

A roundup of Paradise Lost

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‘The Hunt’: An Exhaustive History

March 11, 2020March 12, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Betty Gilpin, Blumhouse, Craig Zobel, Damon Lindelof, Donald Trump, Emma Roberts, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, Jason Blum, Nick Cuse, The Hunt, Universal

The controversial film’s long road to open season, explained

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‘The Way Back’ and The Bad Coach Playbook

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Bad News Bears, Ben Affleck, Emilio Estevez, Gene Hackman, Hardball, Hoosiers, Keanu Reeves, Mighty Ducks, The Way Back, Walter Matthau

Five movie coaches who probably shouldn’t be around kids

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‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’

March 6, 2020March 11, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Adele Haenel, Best Screenplay at Cannes, Celine Sciamma, French lesbian romance, Noemie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady On Fire

The only French lesbian art film you’ll need to see

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‘Onward’ isn’t Fantastic Enough

March 6, 2020March 4, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Onward, Pixar, Tom Holland Chris Pratt

A big-hearted but misguided animated spectacular

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