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Daily Archives: October 5, 2023
Movie Review: Class and Race and Drag and Murder in the D.R. — “Candela”
Mesmerizing from its crypto-poetic opening to its drop the mike finale, “Candela” is a thriller as exotic and mysterious as its locale, a brisk and atmospheric tale bathed in drugs, sex and corruption. First-time feature director Andrés Farías and his … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Lost at Sea in a Container in the middle of “Nowhere”
The best survival narratives, from “Robinson Crusoe” through “The Martian” all focus on “work the problem” details. How do you survive a shipwreck or sailboat sinking (“All is Lost,” “Dead Calm”), being trapped in a forest fire, being marooned on … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Looking for the Supernatural, and a missing person — “The Bell Keeper”
Oct 13, a bunch of streaming ghost hunters get more than they bargained for.
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Movie Preview: Juliette Binoche is in the Kitchen to show us “The Taste of Things”
A lush and savory period piece about a love affair, perhaps unconsummated (Over the consumme? Mon dieu!), this “Best International Feature” submission from France will hit theaters in Feb.
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Movie Preview: George Clooney directs “The Boys in the Boat”
I remember liking the book, about rowing and the 1936 Hitler Olympics that Jesse Owens ruined for the Austrian corporal. I also remember when “George Clooney directs” ginned up a lot of buzz. He’s taken on another history lesson, but … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Canadians trapped in Toxic Masculinity Oz — “The Royal Hotel”
The most chilling consideration in “The Royal Hotel,” a tense tale of two Canadian 20somethings stuck in a mining town bar in the middle of Toxic Masculinity, Australia, is how nothing that happens there seems the least bit far fetched. … Continue reading
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