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Film Review – Suspiria (2018)
When news the remake of Suspiria was actually going to happen for reals this time, much gnashing of teeth and wailing could be heard throughout the land. (Okay, that’s an exaggeration. But nobody I knew thought it was a good idea.) Firstly, everybody needs to…
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Film Review – The Wife
I’m going to meander a bit before I get to my review of Björn Runge’s new film The Wife. The source material for this film is a novel by Meg Wolitzer, who is one of my favorite contemporary writers. I don’t usually care for literary…
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Film Review – Support the Girls
Let’s cut to the chase. Go see Support the Girls. See it in the theater if you can, but rent or buy when available. It’s directed by Andrew Bujalski, who I had never heard of before now (That’s on me, not him.). Throw some money…
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SIFF Film Review – Let the Sunshine In
I like being married a lot, mostly because my husband is awesome, but also, I never want to date again. I was last single 18 years ago, and back then Internet dating was still kind of weird. Do people even still meet possible partners out…
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SIFF Film Review – Won’t You Be My Neighbor
I, like every other kid who grew up in the 1970s, watched Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood on a daily basis. I don’t remember much about the show, although the episode where he went to the crayon factory will always live on in my heart. But really,…
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SIFF Double Feature – Ruin Me and Good Manners
Ruin Me: Alexandra (Marcienne Dwyer) might just be the world’s best girlfriend. (During this particular weekend anyway.) Her boyfriend Nathan (Matt Dellapina) has tickets for Slasher Sleepout – a cross between an escape room adventure and a horror movie LARP. When his best buddy can’t…
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SIFF Double Feature – Love and Shukla and Jinn
Love and Shukla: Mumbai rickshaw driver Shukla (Saharsh Kumar Shukla) is happy when his parents finally pick out a bride for him. He’s tried to follow the rules of his Brahmin upbringing and has been mostly successful. (He’s still a virgin, but has watched porn.)…
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SIFF Double Feature – Rubén Blades Is Not My Name and Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle
Rubén Blades Is Not My Name: My Anglo husband likes to make fun of me for my Rubén Blades love. HE JUST DOES NOT GET IT. OR ME. I mean, mostly he does. But not this. He just thought of Blades as some character actor…
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