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SXSW Film Review – Suntan
Suntan is well-structured and well-meaning in its goals but is sadly lacking in relevancy. This is a story that has been done before, and a lot more interestingly. Starting off, there is our protagonist Kostis (Makis Papadimitriou), a middle-aged doctor who is beginning a new…
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SXSW Film Review – Chicken People
Passion can take many forms. For some it’s sports, others it’s movies, for the people in this film it’s raising competitive chickens. Having a passion makes us feel alive, and when dealing with people talking about their own passion you either can get swept up…
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Film Review – A War
War is a complex situation. We know that nothing is ever black and white in these situations but A War examines when those decisions are made in the heat of the moment and at the time they seem right but can call into question what…
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Film Review – Prescription Thugs
Prescription Thugs has its heart in the right place but suffers from an unwieldy narrative that moves from the personal to larger implications of prescription drug abuse while never making its case compelling. First this documentary acts as a sequel of sorts for director Chris Bell‘s Bigger…
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Film Review – Mustang (2015)
Mustang (2015) takes on the ignorance of old beliefs about women in a direct but not always engaging manner by showing the small-mindedness of small town life and an inherent bias toward women’s roles. Five sisters in a small town in Turkey get out of school…
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Film Review – Spotlight
Spotlight‘s greatest strength is showing that investigative journalism is a lot of work and that secrets have many layers where the answer can be right in front of you and sometimes it is merely a lack of action that can cause the truth to remain…
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Film Review – Asthma
You ever have a movie where you want to scream at the screen everything that is bugging you about what is happening? If so, Asthma is the film for you! There is a vibe we get off of a film where we can sense what kind of…
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Film Review – The Ice Forest
The Ice Forest is big on atmosphere but little else, a strange thriller that keeps things so close to the chest that by the time events become clear you have already lost interest so the conclusion means nothing. We start by seeing some refugees from…
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