Daily Archives: March 13, 2025

Something appears “off”about this showing of “Novocaine”

It’s slow enough without a ten minute delay due to projector download issues. Two credited directors? Which one was responsible for the pacing? The bits between the torture, no-pain but blood and burns and broken bones and bullet wound fights … Continue reading

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Filmgoing in S. Fla is about to Get More Fascist

“And the Oscar (for Best Documentary Feature) goes to, ‘No Other Land,’” a Palestinian/Israeli project with Palestinian and Norwegian producers. It’s another documentary doing what American media in particular have avoided, reporting on Israel’s brutal land-grabbing practices by focusing on … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: A Nasty Norwegian Goof on The Brothers Grimm — “The Ugly Stepsister”

IFC/Shudder has this one, whose trailer is worth a grim grin or two, slated for April 18 release.

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Movie Review: Prospective Parents Olsen and Patel quake at “The Assessment” by Alicia Vikander

“The Assessment” is smart and sinister sci-fi of “The Handmaids Tale” school, a striking, minimalist parable about humanity’s failings in facing an inhumane future. A geographically and architecturally stark setting hosts a grim lecture on family, population and the psychology … Continue reading

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