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Smiley Face is both Anna Faris & Gregg Araki at their funniest

Overlooked by most audiences upon release, Smiley Face puts a much-needed feminine spin on the stoner hangout comedy.

On Searching and the digital lives of teenagers

How the John Cho thriller captures the specificities of Gen-Z Internet life with nuance and understanding.

Get Ready to Trudge Through “The Grudge” (2020)

Nicolas Pesce's 2020 extension of the Japanese horror franchise is maybe its most leaden, unscary entry yet.

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Love, Antosha Review: Portrait of an Actor Gone Too Soon

Garret Price processes the untimely death of Anton Yelchin through an intimate look at the actor's mind, process, and struggles.

INTERVIEW: Searching’s Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian on Building Suspense Through Screens

This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood For the latest On Tap minisode, we air an interview Clint conducted for the new John Cho computer-screen thriller Searching – about a frantic father searching for his missing daughter by going through the clues on her laptop! Clint sits down with Searching director Aneesh Chaganty and producer Sev Ohanian ... INTERVIEW: Searching’s Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian on Building Suspense Through Screens

Film Review: Searching Is a Riveting, Screens-Only Missing Persons Thriller

Anchored by a layered lead turn from John Cho, Aneesh Chaganty’s screens-only thriller explores the formal implications of laptop cinema in new and exciting ways. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood (We previously reviewed Searching in our coverage of the Chicago Critics Film Festival. Read our capsule review.) While ‘laptop cinema’ films like Unfriended and Open Windows are becoming ... Film Review: Searching Is a Riveting, Screens-Only Missing Persons Thriller

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018: Capsule Reviews (Part 3)

Now that the 6th annual Chicago Critics Film Festival has closed, it’s time to look back on some other highlights we loved this year. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood The 6th annual Chicago Critics Film Festival has come to a close, and what a year it was! Curated by the Chicago Film Critics ... Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018: Capsule Reviews (Part 3)

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