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Film Review – Room 237
Few things are more fun than sitting back and debating films with friends. One of the most obsessed-over films has been Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. In the new documentary Room 237, the filmmakers hope to shed some light on what makes the film a beloved…
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Horror films are often a genre that’s considered a good starting place for new filmmakers with little to no budget. Films like Night of the Living Dead, Halloween, and The Evil Dead were all made on shoestring budgets and helped launch the careers of filmmakers…
READ MORESXSW Film Review – Snap
Mental illness is a challenging topic to address in film. A lot of times it comes off feeling corny and over the top. Rather than being a part of what a character has to deal with, it becomes who they are, or ends up being…
READ MORESXSW Film Review – Before Midnight
One of the most hotly anticipated films making the rounds on the indie circuit has been the latest chapter in the saga of Jesse and Celine, Before Midnight, from director Richard Linklater. After stops at the Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance, I was finally…
READ MORESXSW Film Review – The Bounceback
One of the many things I’ve discovered since I started attending SXSW is how vibrant Austin’s film scene is. Sure, I had been familiar with bigger names coming out of the area, like Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater, and Matthew McConaughey, but I’ve seen an impressive…
READ MOREAn Appreciation – Paris, Texas
Paris, Texas (1984). Let’s examine that title for a moment. When you hear the name of the town, chances are you immediately think of the city in France. Strange that the place referenced in this film is located in the vast desert of the second…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Host
I’m torn. I don’t know if Andrew Niccol’s The Host is one of the worst movies of the year, or one of the best. It is bad—hilariously bad. The writing is stilted, the acting flat, and the plotting damn near incomprehensible. Stephenie Meyer, best known…
READ MOREFilm Review – No
In director Pablo Larraín’s No, we see the advertising campaign that toppled a dictator. The short version is this: in 1988, Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was forced to create a referendum in which, if the people voted yes, he would be given eight more…
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