Daily Archives: April 30, 2022

Netflixable? An Amish lad returns to “the Fatherland,” Berlin, for “Rumspringa” in this German comedy

Today’s “Around the World with Netflix” film is a lot like its lead character, a young Amish man in search of his identity, his place in the world. “Rumspringa” follows this lad on that teenage walkabout amongst the sinful temptations … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Sisters bond, debate and accept “All My Puny Sorrows”

A family haunted by suicides past and present wrestles with Camus’ “the only serious question in life” in “All My Puny Sorrows,” a somber and biting new adaptation of Miriam Toew’s book, filmed by the director of “Saint Ralph.” Two … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: When a title says it all — “Fire Island”

You read that and you almost don’t need to see the trailer to this Searchlight pic coming to Hulu in June. All you could possibly have a question about is if “Fire Island” is a period piece about say, the … Continue reading

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