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Daily Archives: May 9, 2023
Movie Review: A Gay Son Confronts a Stepfather about “Velvet Jesus”
“Velvet Jesus” is an indie melodrama that tumbles into the obvious trap, the one symbolized by its title. It’s so slow it’s static, like watching the paint dry on a paint-by-numbers “velvet Jesus” kit that a little boy, seen in … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Woody Allen’s final, feeblest homage to Classic European Cinema — “Rifkin’s Festival”
It seems so long since I’d reviewed a new Woody Allen film that I had to look up to see whether this was related to his long-time-coming “cancellation,” or the fact that his days of having decent distribution passed sometime … Continue reading
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