Author: Peter Sobczynski

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November 17, 2022

Bad Axe is a brilliant, humanistic portrait of an immigrant family weathering COVID and the Trump era

David Siev's love letter to his family is a heartwarming and empathetic look at the twin horrors of Trump-era racism and the stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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November 17, 2022

Queer military drama The Inspection is washed out by cliches

Director/writer Elegance Bratton's semi-autobiographical narrative feature debut captures the specifics of life as a gay Black man trying to find himself in the Marines but relies too heavily on war movie standards.
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November 16, 2022

In spite of its flaws, She Said is a powerful take on a true life travesty

Carey Mulligan & Zoe Kazan star as the real-life journalists who brought Harvey Weinstein's history of abuse to gruesome light.
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November 11, 2022

The Friendship Game confuses incomprehensibility with complexity

It's a tale of a sinister puzzle and its effect on a group of pals that wallows in sour jerk protagonists and baffling storytelling.
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October 26, 2022

CIFF Roundup: My Policeman, Causeway & more

A documentary about a legendary photographer/activist, Harry Styles in another leading role, & other films featured at this year's Chicago International Film Festival.
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October 22, 2022

Glass Onion recaptures the charm & magic of the original

Benoit Blanc returns to solve another crime in Rian Johnson's cluttered but funny mystery.
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October 8, 2022

A Wrapup of Fantastic Fest 2022

Docs about comics legends and legendary pranksters collide with psychedelic brainworms and Blaxploitation cult classics.
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September 28, 2022

Fantastic Fest 2022: Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle is more microbudget bad-movie idiocy

James Nguyen hammers down the end of his bad-movie trilogy with a true stinker of birdemic proportions… and not in a fun way. (This review..
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September 28, 2022

TIFF 2022: Good Night Oppy can’t match its fascinating subjects

The story of Opportunity and Spirit—the long-lived Mars rovers—is fascinating, but a new doc forgoes focus on the mission for feeling to its detriment.
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September 26, 2022

Dead for a Dollar sees Walter Hill back in fighting form

The legendary director teams with Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe for a thoughtful, superbly crafted western.