The Widowmaker (Forbes, 2015)
We are told at the beginning of The Widowmaker, Patrick Forbes's slow but efficient documentary, that more Americans (600,000) die from heart attacks each year than from all forms of cancer combined.
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Coming Soon: Bite Size, Libera in America
Young people tend to be one of the more stereotyped groups in fiction films, so I tend to be attentive to documentaries about them
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Gotham Episode 1.17 Recap: The Red Hood
I am not sure how I feel with what seems to be an odd rush to get the Joker in the show somehow.
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Out of the Dark (Quílez, 2014)
Either Out of the Dark had the misfortune to be released too soon in the wake of The Babadook or--more likely--horror films in general are a bit too formulaic for my taste.
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McFarland, USA (Caro, 2015)
“McFarland, USA” may not deviate much from the underdog sports movie playbook. But it’s so winningly done that I hardly cared.
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In Defense of “To Kill a Mockingbird” — A Response to Roger Ebert
Who says hope can't be grounded in truth?
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From the Vault: Shaft (Singleton, 2000)
Shaft is still a ladies man, but the promiscuity that was a staple of the 70s film has given way to a flirting almost, dare I say it, indifference. It seems as though the AIDS epidemic has helped turn pop culture epitomes of masculinity towards the stylish object of desire and away from the prowling sexual agent.
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New and Noteworthy: The Mendoza Line, Running Wild, The Widowers, Bluebird
Capsule reviews of The Mendoza Line, The Widowers, Running Wild, and Bluebird
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Rocks in my Pockets (Baumane, 2014)
Cliché alert! Signe Baumane’s debut feature film is an instant classic, thanks to evocative, inventive animation and its authentic, heartfelt look at mental illness.
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The Theory of Everything (Marsh, 2014)
A heartbreaking work of super-duper-staggering genius.