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November 12, 2024 · by Red Broadwell

'Look Back' Review: The Life-Affirming Tragedy We Need

What is the point of creating art? What is there to do when something you love so much doesn’t love you back? It’s an ever-pressing question,...

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November 8, 2024 · by Adam Patla

CIFF 24 ‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: Malcolm Washington Captures the Spirit of August Wilson in Ethereal Adaptation

August Wilson’s poetic command of language and storytelling is nothing short of legendary within the theatre world. Since Wilson’s death in 2...

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November 6, 2024 · by Nadia Arain

Zemeckis’ ‘A Christmas Carol’: Uncanny Mess or Frightening Classic?

Most audiences remember at least one version of Charles Dickens’ holiday ghost story A Christmas Carol. From Muppet to Barbie-themed adaptati...

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November 5, 2024 · by Sara Ciplickas

CIFF 2024 ‘Here’ Review: Zemeckis Continues Downward Spiral with Schmaltzy, Gimmicky Dramedy

30 years ago, director Robert Zemeckis changed the landscape of American cinema with Forrest Gump — the fictional story of a man (played by T...

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November 5, 2024 · by Nandita Joshi

Unmasking Longevity: The Lasting Impact of 'The Incredibles' in a Superhero-Weary World

Nowadays, if someone so much as utters the phrase "superhero film,” you are bound to hear at least one person sigh. A genre that reached heig...

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November 4, 2024

NOFF 2024 Recap: Southern Films and Filmmakers Highlight New Orleans-based Program

Last week, I attended the New Orleans Film Festival in person and virtually. While the Oscar-qualifying festival boasted some high-profile fi...

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November 1, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

'The Brutalist' Review: An Exemplarary Meditation of America's Institutes

From the damp, crowded, darkly lit hull of a ship – like Pinocchio confined inside the stomach of Monstro – The Brutalist (2024) opens on an ...

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October 31, 2024 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘The Shadow Strays’ Review: Maximalist Martial Arts

When you break down a story, there’s always a component of good versus evil. If you’re looking for an action flick, the best of this genre ta...

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October 30, 2024 · by Kam Ryan

'Timestalker' Review: Alice Lowe Should Be Your Next Obsession

To quote Charli XCX, it really is so confusing sometimes to be a girl. The film industry seems aware of this reality, producing movies like C...

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October 29, 2024 · by Red Broadwell

'Saw' Twenty Years Later: Jigsaw’s Silly Little Games Live On

After ending the twentieth century with a brief slasher revival, sparked by the 1996 release of Scream, the horror genre, in Hollywood, at l...

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October 28, 2024

NOFF 2024 ‘Rebel Nun’ Review: Homecoming Screening in New Orleans Highlights Nun’s Legacy of Fighting the Death Penalty

Sister Helen Prejean has fought the death penalty for decades — but when a new documentary that screened on October 20 at the New Orleans Fil...

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October 25, 2024 · by Nadia Arain

In Defense of Rob Zombie’s ‘Halloween’ Duology

We all know the story: on an eerie Halloween night, little Michael Myers stabs his older sister Judith to death and is committed to a sanitor...

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