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SXSW Film Review – Wildling
“Do you want to hear a story?” That is how Wildling opens, with Daddy (Brad Dourif) speaking both to the small child, Anna, and the audience. Anna is laying in a small bed in an attic, and she is told of these harmful creatures named…
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SXSW Film Review – American Animals
It was not until the director, and writer Bart Layton walked onto the stage at the Paramount Theater at SXSW 2018 and his previous film, The Imposter, was mentioned that I realized what exactly kind of film I was about to see. If you are…
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Film Review – A Quiet Place
With a hook as devilishly simple as that of A Quiet Place, a post-apocalyptic thriller in which Demogorgon-on-speed like monsters viciously attack humans at the slightest hint of sound, you might wonder how it can sustain itself for a largely silent 90 minutes. Director John…
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Film Review – Blockers
Blockers (2018) is the kind of sex comedy that does what many good sex comedies do. It’s starts off with a premise that adheres to lowbrow antics – high school kids discovering their blossoming sexuality – and then handles it in a mature, insightful manner.…
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Film Review – Outside In
I am always excited when a new Lynn Shelton movie comes out. My first exposure to her work was in 2011 with Your Sister’s Sister, and I was really pleased by its humor and kindness. (I am reminded by writing that sentence that I need…
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Film Review – Ready Player One
The road that brought Ready Player One (2018) to the big screen was a circular one. We start with Steven Spielberg, the most successful director in cinema history. His work, from Jaws (1975), E.T. (1982), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Jurassic Park (1994)…
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Film Review – Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson has one of the most unique visual styles of any filmmaker. His compositions are almost always perfectly symmetrical. The camera is often placed at eye level, with his subjects either facing straight toward us, or perpendicular to the right or left. His sets…
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SXSW Film Review – The World Before Your Feet
When I visited New York City, it was a definite culture shock. I was just a kid growing up in a small town in Washington State. To me, Seattle was considered a “big city.” Nothing could have prepared me for the magnitude that was “The…
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