All She Can (Wendel, 2011)
College—it’s Luz Garcia’s dream—it’s her only way of escaping the big trouble of her small town.
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Ender’s Game (Hood, 2013)
I've spent the three days between viewing and reviewing Ender's Game listlessly trying to convince myself that the film didn't suck.
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Standing Up (Caruso, 2013)
Standing Up begins and ends with a reference to God. In between, Howie and Grace confront a childhood trauma with a mix of fragility, resiliency, and candor that is rare… Continue reading "Standing Up (Caruso, 2013)"
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Shepard & Dark (Wurmfeld, 2012)
It’s hard to know which element of Shepard & Dark is the most refreshingly quaint: the male friendship, the commitment to letter writing, or the quiet quality of its emotional… Continue reading "Shepard & Dark (Wurmfeld, 2012)"
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Escape Plan (Håfström, 2013)
Every good escape plan needs three things:
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Cinematic States (Higgins, 2013)
There are film critics and then there are movie guys.
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Ian Delaney Interview
The theory was--or is--that creating borders, or writing ourselves into a corner, facilitates creativity.
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Informant (Meltzer, 2012)
If you’re looking for answers as to who Brandon Darby really is, or what the motivations behind his turning in two young men suspected of planning to bomb the Republican National Convention really were, then this movie will not be a profitable use of time.
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Jewtopia (Fogel, 2012)
With a name like Jewtopia, I thought the movie would be mainly about a Jewish family. But it isn’t.
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Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde (Mitchell, 2013)
Running Wild: The Life of Dayton O. Hyde is a new documentary film about (as the title suggests) the eventful life of cowboy Dayton O. Hyde, who describes himself as “a cowboy first, a conservationist second, and a writer third.”