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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

‘Relic’: Dementia’s gonna get you

July 13, 2020July 12, 2020 Pablo Gallaga 0 Comments Emily Mortimer, Natalie Erika James Bella Heathcote, Relic, Robyn Nevin

Writer/director Natalie Erika James is an exciting new voice in horror

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Run Silent, Not Too Deep

July 11, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Greyhound, Tom Hanks

‘Greyhound’: Submarine Captain Tom Hanks’ latest tribute to The Greatest Generation

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‘Palm Springs’: the Millennial Infinite Time Loop Movie

July 10, 2020July 17, 2020 Neal Pollack 2 Comments Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Meredith Hagner, Palm Springs

Andy Samberg and company say, “Find your Irvine”

DOCUMENTARY FILM Netflix

Walter Mercado: the Brightest Star

July 8, 2020July 7, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mucho Mucho Amor, Walter Mercado

‘Mucho Mucho Amor’ highlights the fabulous life and not-so-tragic death of the Latin world’s most famous astrologer

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The Black Disney Animator Who Loves ‘Song of the South’

July 8, 2020July 28, 2020 Kevin L. Jones 1 Comment Br'er Rabbit, Floyd Norman, Song of the South, Tar Baby, Uncle Remus, Walt Disney

Floyd Norman, Disney legend, defends the Mouse’s most controversial film

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‘Mr. Jones’ Exposes the Horrors of Stalin’s Famine

July 7, 2020July 8, 2020 Neal Pollack 3 Comments Agnieska Holland, James Norton, Mr. Jones, Peter Sarsgaard, Vanessa Kirby

and the complicity of The New York Times

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You Can Handle ‘The Truth’

July 6, 2020July 5, 2020 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Catherine Deneuve, Ethan Hawke, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Juliette Binoche, Shoplifters, The Truth

Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda teams up with Catherine Deneuve for an intimate French family drama

FILM History

Into the Hamilverse

July 3, 2020July 7, 2020 Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell 0 Comments Alexander Hamilton, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Hamilton, Jonathan Groff, Leslie Odom Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Renée Elise Goldsberry

‘Hamilton’ on Disney+ reproduces the star power of the original Broadway production

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One Degree of Kevin Bacon

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Amanda Seyfriend, Blumhouse, Kevin Bacon, You Should Have Left

‘You Should Have Left’ is a thinly-constructed haunted-house movie from Blumhouse

FILM Netflix TELEVISION

Black Content That’s Not Just About Trauma

July 1, 2020July 3, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments A Black Lady Sketch Show, Ashley Nicole Black, Barack Obama, Eddie Murphy, F. Gary Gray, Gabrielle Dennis, Hollywood Shuffle, Inside Man, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michelle Obama, Omar Epps, Queen Latifah, Quinta Brunson, Robert Townsend, Robin Thede, Set It Off, Southside With You, Spike Lee, Taye Diggs, The Fits, The Watermelon Woman, The Wood, Vivica A. Fox

Sketch comedies, family dramas, surrealist horror, and a couple of heist flicks

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Stormy Leather

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Joan Jett, Liam Firmager, Lita Ford, Suzi Q, Suzi Quatro

The worshipful documentary ‘SUZI Q’ fleshes out the life of bass-playing ’70s phenom Suzi Quatro

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‘Welcome to Chechnya’ and ‘Unsettled’

June 30, 2020July 5, 2020 Michael Giltz 0 Comments David France, Tom Shepard, Unsettled, Welcome to Chechnya

For queers escaping the horrors of Chechnya, Syria and the like, the U.S. is still the Promised Land

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‘Irresistible’: Jon Stewart Imagines a Semi-Normal Political System

June 26, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Armando Iannucci, Chris Cooper, Irresistible, Jon Stewart, Rose Byrne, Steve Carell

Cynically optimistic, made before the current crisis

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‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’

June 26, 2020July 6, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Adam McKay, Dan Stevens, Demi Lovato, Eurovision, Fire Saga, Pierce Brosnan, Rachel McAdams, Will Ferrell

It’s not the actual Eurovision, but the song parodies in this mostly affectionate Will Ferrell satire are close enough

Actors CREATORS FILM TELEVISION Writers

The End of Hipster Blackface

June 25, 2020July 1, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 30 Rock, Adam Carolla, Billy Crystal, Bob Odenkirk, Caitlin Olson, Charlie Day, David Cross, Glenn Howerton, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Jane Krakowski, Jenny Slate, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Justin Trudeau, Karl Malone, Keegan Michael Key, Mr. Show, Robert Downey Jr., Ted Danson, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Tropic Thunder, Whoopi Goldberg, Zach Braff

All our favorite comedy stars were doing it, and we laughed along