Posts Tagged ‘Anna Boden’
Film Review – Freaky Tales
Freaky Tales (2024) is the kind of movie that works almost entirely on vibes. The writing/directing team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck have crafted an anthology of four loosely connected stories, all taking place in Oakland, CA in 1987. Each segment has its own brand of off the wall…
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Film Review – Captain Marvel
After ten years and twenty films, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally provided us with a female-lead entry. Captain Marvel (2019) contains much of what we’ve come to expect from a superhero origin – both positively and negatively. There are some peaks and valleys all…
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Film Review – Mississippi Grind
Depictions of gambling addiction in film have captivated audiences for decades. The formula is as simple as it is brilliant: bad decisions, often resulting in the loss of friends and family + pitying bookies and no-nonsense loan sharks + reckless abandon = cinematic gold. While…
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Craig is 16 years old, thin and impossibly shy. He’s pretty sure nobody understands him. He’s in love with his best friend’s girlfriend. He dreams of committing suicide. At one point in the movie Craig (played by Keir Gilchrist) sits in an art class, confined…
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