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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 – The Slippers
Morgan White’s documentary, The Slippers (2016) tells the tale of the infamous ruby slippers that adorned Judy Garland’s feet in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Known to be one of the most prized treasures of cinematic memorabilia, White traces the history of the slippers throughout…
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SXSW Film Review – Hunter Gatherer
In Joshua Locy’s Hunter Gatherer (2016), a middle aged man returns home after a three year prison sentence in hopes to turn his life around. What he finds is a world that has left him behind. His mother wants him to get a place of…
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SXSW Film Review – Newtown
Does the Newtown, Connecticut ring a bell? It is more likely that you recognize the words Sandy Hook. Sandy Hook Elementary School is located in Newtown, Connecticut and it is where twenty school children and six educators lost their lives to a young man with…
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Film Review – Captain America: Civil War
It is hard to review a film like Captain America: Civil War, since it might be arguably the most critic-proof movie of the year. Critics are already heaping praise on it, and I’m not going waste your time posturing like I disagree. It is an incredibly…
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Film Review – Papa: Hemingway in Cuba
Writer, war correspondent, big game hunter, fisherman, drunkard. Ernest Hemingway was many things to many people. Whether you love him for his writing style or hate him for his old school machismo, it’s hard to argue that “Papa” did things his own way. He was…
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Film Review – Keanu
If you’ve ever had your heart broken (and/or a proclivity for gnarly bong rips), you’ll likely see a lot of yourself in the forlorn Rell (Jordan Peele), professional sad sack in Keanu. Devastated following a recent break up, Rell compels his cousin and best bud…
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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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