Reviews

Reviews

March 4, 2025 · by Danny Jarabek

‘Armand’ Review: Public Schools and Private Power Dynamics

Just last year, Justine Triet’s investigations into the power of subjectivity gripped audiences all the way to an Oscar win for Best Original...

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February 28, 2025

*International Feature Film Festival* 'Los últimos' Review: Introspective Climate Documentary Charts Wildfire Damage in Paraguay

Los últimos (2023), or The Last, directed by Sebastian Peña Escobar, frequently returns to the visual motif of a neon-green bug screen. Attra...

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February 27, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘The Unbreakable Boy’ Review: Faith-Based Feel-Good Autism Biopic on an Entirely Different Wavelength from Reality

To understand Jon Gunn’s The Unbreakable Boy (2025), it’s important to know its history. Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the biographica...

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February 25, 2025

*International Feature Film Festival* ‘Supermarket’ Review: A Glittering and Unnerving Oscar Bid from Montenegro

It is a truth universally acknowledged that locations with a closing time are intriguing for what happens after the lights go off. These limi...

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February 25, 2025 · by Kam Ryan

*International Feature Film Festival* ‘Bad Living’ Review: Portugal’s Quiet Revolutionary Soap Opera

I had never seen a Portuguese film before I watched Bad Living (2023). The country nestled next to Spain on the Iberian peninsula is one whos...

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February 25, 2025 · by Nadia Arain

‘The Monkey’ Review: Osgood Perkins’ Most Violent Film Is Also His Most Absurd

Existentialism is more evident in film than ever given the current societal shifts. In recent and upcoming films, there are common themes abo...

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February 24, 2025 · by Nandita Joshi

'I'm Still Here' Review: Walter Salles Navigates the Challenge of Redefining Yourself

"New year, new me" - an overtly optimistic phrase everyone has heard at least once. It is rooted in the concept of reinvention, specifically ...

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February 21, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Zero Day’ Review: De Niro’s Mini-Series Gets Muddied in the Waters of Well-Intentioned Calls to Action

If there is any indication of what films or shows to expect during Trump 2.0, Zero Day is a strong starting point. A month into President Tru...

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Essays

February 21, 2025 · by Carson Burton

Marvel’s Politics of Apathy: There’s Nothing Brave to 'Captain America: Brave New World'

At the beginning of Captain America: Brave New World (2025), Harrison Ford’s Thaddeus Ross stands before a crowd to celebrate his election vi...

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February 20, 2025 · by Nadia Arain

How Badly Did ‘The Duff’ Age?

Often, it seems that the high school comedy has become overshadowed by social media, the primary entertainment for teenagers. By 2015, most t...

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February 19, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

*International Feature Film Festival* ‘Memory Lane’ Review: The Netherlands’ Endearing and Irritating Look at the Reality of Aging

The power of international filmmaking, like all cinema, is the power of perspective and the opportunity to learn about foreign cultures. In 2...

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February 10, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘No Other Land’ Review: An Essential Partnership Delivers One of the Decade’s Best Documentaries

“Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us.” - Izzeldin Abuelaish, I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’...

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