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Green Book Review: Playing the Same Old Song About Jim Crow Racism

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Peter Farrelly’s period road movie about a black piano player and his Italian driver in Jim Crow America […]

Theo Estes Posted on November 20, 2018August 2, 2020

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Review: The Coen Brothers Spin Six Tales of Old West Tragicomedy

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The Coen brothers return to the Old West for a darkly comic anthology of six stories of doomed […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on November 17, 2018August 2, 2020

Olympia’s Cast and Crew on Capturing Millennial Malaise in Chicago (Interview)

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We talk to star/writer McKenzie Chinn, director Gregory Dixon, and actor Charles Andrew Gardner about their vibrant, Chicago-set […]

Clint Worthington Posted on November 7, 2018August 2, 2020

Outlaw King Review: Chris Pine Frees Scotland in Tepid Historical Drama

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David McKenzie reunites with Chris Pine for a Braveheart-esque historical epic that plays out more like a filler […]

Clint Worthington Posted on November 5, 2018August 2, 2020

What They Had: Elizabeth Chomko and Robert Forster on Crafting Sensitive Family Drama (Interview)

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The first-time filmmaker and the veteran actor sit down to talk about Chomko’s experiences with Alzheimer’s in her […]

Clint Worthington Posted on October 30, 2018August 2, 2020

Trouble Review: A Modest Small-Town Dramedy With an Overqualified Cast

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While Theresa Rebeck’s low-budgeted rural hangout comedy sports a fine cast, they can’t quite elevate the proceedings beyond […]

Marshall Estes Posted on October 13, 2018August 1, 2020

Trouble: Writer/Director Theresa Rebeck on Wrangling Low Budgets and Big Stars (Interview)

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This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Novelist, screenwriter and Pulitzer-nominated playwright Theresa Rebeck is a woman of […]

Clint Worthington Posted on October 11, 2018August 1, 2020

Bad Times at the El Royale Review: Good Times With Drew Goddard’s Gritty Ensemble

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Sporting a brilliant ensemble cast, Drew Goddard’s throwback to the neo-noir crime films of Tarantino and Rodriguez is […]

Dusty Wilson Posted on October 3, 2018August 1, 2020

A Star Is Born (2018) Review: Lady Gaga Soars In Sumptuous, if Shallow, Remake

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Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut features strong performances and some catchy tunes, but he’s just the opening act for […]

Clint Worthington Posted on October 1, 2018August 1, 2020

The Sisters Brothers Review: Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly Upend the Western

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Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly are a pair of offbeat gunslingers in Jacques Audiard’s unconventional, gorgeously energetic […]

Dusty Wilson Posted on September 26, 2018August 1, 2020

BoJack Horseman Season 5 Review: Forgiveness, Change, and Free Churros

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In total, the fifth season of Netflix’s animated series juggles as many dark laughs out of the difficulty […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on September 20, 2018August 1, 2020

BoJack Horseman Season 5 TV Review: As Devastating and Bleakly Funny As Ever

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Netflix’s bittersweet tale of talking animals and the vagaries of celebrity returns for a thoughtful fifth season filled […]

Gena Radcliffe Posted on September 13, 2018August 1, 2020

The Trailer for Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ Does the Danse Macabre: Watch

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Gaspar Noe’s kaleidoscopic Cannes favorite gets a new trailer and poster promising all the Satanic dance mayhem the […]

Clint Worthington Posted on August 15, 2018January 28, 2019

Skate Kitchen Is a Sun-Baked Celebration of Realistic Adolescence

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Crystal Moselle’s narrative debut brings her documentary sensibilities to a fun, heartfelt story featuring the real members of […]

Dusty Wilson Posted on August 10, 2018August 1, 2020

Ponderous and Disconnected, Nico, 1988 Will Not Let You Be its Mirror

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Susanna Nicchiarelli’s biopic of the German singer and artist is as impermeable as it is impermanent – those […]

Jared Latore Posted on August 8, 2018August 1, 2020

Four Crazy Horror Flicks We Want to See at Fantasia

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This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood If you want festivals full of soulful contemplation of the human […]

Clint Worthington Posted on July 8, 2018January 26, 2019

Sorry to Bother You Review: Boots Riley Takes On Consumerism, Race in Scorchingly Funny Debut

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Boots Riley’s wild feature film debut throws racial politics, consumerism, and magical realism in a blender, making for […]

Clint Worthington Posted on July 7, 2018July 30, 2020

The Misandrists Review: Bawdy, Transgressive Satire from Bruce LaBruce

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Bruce LaBruce’s reputation as a bad-taste provocateur gleefully continues with this campy exercise in sex, sleaze, and political […]

Marshall Estes Posted on July 3, 2018July 30, 2020

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