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February 25, 2023 · by Sara Ciplickas

"A Todas Partes" Review: A Predictable Tale About Two Siblings Who Make Each Other Better

On my quest to find something new on Netflix, I stumbled across a short dramedy about two siblings who embark on a motorcycle journey across ...

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February 23, 2023 · by Danny Jarabek

Review: 'Magic Mike’s Last Dance' is Stripped of its Magic in its Flat Third Installment

Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023) wastes no time telling us what it’s all about. Despite the introductory voice-over prologue that confirms the ...

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February 7, 2023 · by Amritpal Rai

Riseborough Defines "To Leslie," Not The Oscar Nomination

So rare have film performances transcended cultural discourse than Andrea Riseborough’s recent Oscar-nominated work in To Leslie (2022). The ...

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Essays

February 5, 2023 · by Anjani Chadha

"Chhello Show" Review: Harboring a Love for Cinema

The first film that I watched in the cinema hall was David Dhawan’s Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, a romantic comedy starring some big names of Bollyw...

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January 31, 2023 · by Sara Ciplickas

"You People" Review: A Try-Hard Collage of Genuine Discussion and Cheap Jokes

Netflix’s newest rom-com, You People, written by Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill, follows an interracial couple, Ezra (Hill) and Amira (Lauren Lo...

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January 18, 2023 · by Anjani Chadha

"A Short Film About Love" Review: Love from the Gaze of a Voyeur

Cinema allows viewers to peek into the lives of others, making the medium inherently voyeuristic. It is thus exciting when filmmakers resort ...

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January 11, 2023

"M3GAN" Review: Horror at its Most Camp

Meet your new best friend: a technologically advanced piece of artificial intelligence that links to your child and can respond to their ever...

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January 8, 2023 · by Sara Ciplickas

"Kings of the World" Review: Looking for a Place to Exist

Killing Jesus (2017), an intimate film about a young lady seeking revenge for the death of her father, who a hitman shot in the streets of Me...

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January 7, 2023 · by Danny Jarabek

'White Noise' Review: Distraction and the Spectacle of the Supermarket

From the director who has presented audiences throughout his career with character studies and family dramas investigating the bottomless phi...

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Essays

December 30, 2022 · by Amritpal Rai

Iñárritu: A Handful of Oscars, or (The Unexpected Honor of Being Divisive)

In a year in which so many legendary filmmakers have popped up on the cinematic landscape with the likes of Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans ...

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December 22, 2022

"Emily the Criminal" Review: There Is Never One “Correct” Career Path, and Emily Proves It

Like everything Aubrey Plaza stars in, Emily the Criminal (2022), directed by John Patton Ford, is an engaging film that brings viewers along...

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December 19, 2022 · by Sara Ciplickas

"AVATAR: The Way of Water" Review: Returning to Pandora: Was It Worth the Second Trip?

James Cameron introduced me to Pandora when I was in elementary school. If there is one film I could pinpoint that took me from movie lover t...

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