Film Reviews

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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm skewers America's COVID-19 reaction while highlighting our better angels

Brock Wilbur,

October 26, 2020

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Nightstream: Frank & Zed proves puppeteering makes everything better, even splatter horror

Adrian Torres,

October 21, 2020

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NYFF: Nomadland is a tender exploration of American life on the fringes

Abby Monteil,

October 19, 2020

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Mangrove adapts a landmark British civil rights trial into a stirring courtroom drama

Abby Monteil,

October 12, 2020

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NYFF: Tilda Swinton shines in The Human Voice, a strong cocktail of Almodóvar-ian melodrama

Abby Monteil,

October 5, 2020

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Possessor considers deep questions of identity amid Cronenberg's horrific imagery

Abby Olcese,

October 2, 2020

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Time is a poignant and deeply personal condemnation of American mass incarceration

Abby Monteil,

October 1, 2020

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The Calming is a meditative portrait of a woman’s post-breakup rediscoveries

Abby Monteil,

September 23, 2020

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The bitter battle between Nintendo and Sega gets the documentary deep-dive in Console Wars

Brock Wilbur,

September 23, 2020

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Spooky Season: The religious tension of 1955's The Night of the Hunter

Dan Lybarger,

September 22, 2020

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The dizzying circles of Spiral and a queer narrative trapped in the corner

Abby Olcese,

September 16, 2020

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Fantastia Fest review: the memeic nightmare of Feels Good Man and how a creator lost and recaptured his creation

Adrian Torres,

September 8, 2020

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Fantasia Fest: Dinner in America is a mosh-pit of charm

Adrian Torres,

September 3, 2020

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Tenet review: Christopher Nolan's lack of worlds left to conquer

Dan Lybarger,

September 3, 2020

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Fantasia Fest: Class Action Park shares tall tales of theme park horror

Abby Olcese,

August 26, 2020

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Kevin Willmott’s The 24th asks us to reckon with our assumptions

Abby Olcese,

August 26, 2020

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Fantasia Fest: Anthology horror film The Mortuary Collection solidifies Clancy Brown’s king status

Abby Olcese,

August 25, 2020

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Re-evaluating 40 years of our own film reviews

Abby Olcese,

July 13, 2020

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Jeffrey Brown's debut film The Beach House is the perfect quarantine horror film

Brock Wilbur,

July 10, 2020

A few choice finds at the Kansas International Film Festival

Alan Scherstuhl,

September 17, 2009

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January 1, 2009

Return to Me

Loey Lockerby,

April 6, 2000

Rules of Engagement

Jon Niccum,

April 6, 2000

High Fidelity

Loey Lockerby,

March 30, 2000