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April 4, 2019

Ash is Purest White Review: Jia Zhangke Embraces Long-Form Storytelling Once Again

Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke returns to long-form storytelling with this feature-length tale of the twisted romance between a gangster and his moll.
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March 5, 2019

Birds of Passage Review: Balancing Tradition and the Modern World

The Colombian crime thriller serves as an intriguing, culturally relevant twist on an age-old story, with an eye to highlighting Wayuu cultural traditions.
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March 4, 2019

Good Girls Season 2 Review: Flipping The Game Just Isn’t Enough

The second season of NBC's Breaking Bad-with-moms show disappointingly treads water, keeping its three leads running in place while feigning change.
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March 4, 2019

Ruben Brandt, Collector Review: A Swirling, Surreal Heist Thriller

The Hungarian animated film is a stunningly psychedelic dive into art and film history.
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December 6, 2018

Asher Review: A Creaky Pre-90s Hitman Thriller

Try as they might, even genre giants like Ron Perlman and Famke Jannsen can’t elevate this dull, by-the-numbers hitman thriller. This piece was originally posted..
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November 16, 2018

Widows Review: An Enthralling Heist Thriller with Some Less Interesting Gangster Drama Touches

Steve McQueen’s ambitious, female-driven crime film sports fabulous performances, but bounces haphazardly between tones. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood The opening of Steve..
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November 8, 2018

The Girl in the Spider’s Web Review: Lisbeth Slander gets an action hero makeover

Lisbeth Salander returns, this time played by Claire Foy, in a slick but shallow sequel that trades in the series’ nuance for Bond-ian action. This..
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October 30, 2018

How the Matrix Sequels Expanded the Wachowskis’ Universe By Humanizing its Villains

The Wachowskis’ seminal sci-fi trilogy hits 4K today ahead of the first Matrix’s 20th anniversary. In honor of that, we take a look back at..
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October 29, 2018

10 Horror Movies For People Who Don’t Like Horror

This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Let me rephrase that right from the beginning. This list really should be “10 Horror Movies for People..
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October 18, 2018

CIFF Dispatch, Part 2: What They Had, Retablo, Maria By Callas, and More

This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood The Chicago International Film Festival keeps chugging along this week, and so does our coverage. From upcoming big..