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SIFF Double Feature – The Farthest and The Landing
The Farthest: I like space stuff: documentaries, space operas, games, whatever. I’m not entirely sure about the ethics of spending tons of money while people go hungry, but I am just so fascinated by the possibilities of our universe. Which makes Emer Reynolds’ new documentary,…
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SXSW Double Feature – Unrest and Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo
Unrest: Directed by Jennifer Brea, Unrest details her struggles with chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME). At the age of 28, while working on her PhD at Harvard, she was struck by a mysterious illness after a experiencing a particularly high…
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Film Review – 20th Century Women
Before I go on my mini rant, I just want to say that there are a lot of things I like about 20th Century Women. I’ll talk about them later, but because I am frontloading this review with whining, I just thought I’d let you…
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Film Review – Elle
Paul Verhoeven’s new film Elle, starts with a rape. It is both graphic and horrifying, so if you are unable to watch that sort of thing, this might not be the movie for you. There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the role of…
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Film Review – The Love Witch (Second Take)
I’m a little depressed right now. Actually, I’m a lotta depressed right now. It’s November 15, 2016 and a week ago my country elected an open racist and misogynist as president. Sigh. I’m tired and I don’t want to write about movies. I don’t even…
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Film Review – The Handmaiden
My favorite Chan-wook Park film is Stoker partly because it is inspired by Shadow of a Doubt – my best-loved Alfred Hitchcock movie. He takes the two central characters and asks what would happen if they did in fact have similar natures. He’s not remaking…
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Film Review – The Magnificent Seven (2016)
I’m pretty sick of reboots and remakes and re-imaginings and re-quals. Just hire some writers, movie people! I hear they have ideas and stuff. Okay, whatever. Let’s talk about Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven, which is a remake of the 1960 John Sturges film, which…
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Film Review – The 9th Life of Louis Drax
One of the best things about film writing is discovery. Every once in awhile, I watch a film with little or no information beforehand and find something amazing/delightful/heartbreaking/wonderful up on the screen. The worst thing about writing about film is when you go to a…
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