“Francis Ford Coppola is one of the great auteurs of cinema, but sometimes with auteur theory we lose sight of how much of a collaborative process filmmaking is.”
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“Complaints aside, there are numerous things to enjoy with Deadpool & Wolverine if one can view it as a standalone buddy-comedy movie rather than the next chapter of the MCU.”
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“What matters in a film like Twister is brisk pacing, helicopter shots, industrial fans, and (at the time) state-of-the-art visual effects. The simplicity is key.”
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“Longlegs knowingly wears its predecessors on its sleeve before taking a mind-bending sharp turn into something that the marketing has hidden exceptionally well. Perkins deliberately presents Longlegs as one thing before subverting it into something else entirely…”
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“Gasoline Rainbow is a blissfully endearing ode to youth, friendship, and purest notion of adventure.”
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“As a character, Maxine surpasses Pearl’s dreams of grandeur tenfold as she becomes a true movie star. However, in an ironic twist of events, MaXXXine fails to surpass Pearl as a film, serving as a mildly unsatisfying conclusion to one of my favorite trilogies in recent memory.”
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“Shari's worldview is a crucial part of the story, and it's hard not to get swept up in her wide-eyed lust for life, her headstrong belief that the journey is as important as the destination.”
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“It blurs the boundary between reality and fiction, between performance and actuality, but regardless of their process, the result is marvellously satisfying.”
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“The film serves as a snapshot of Georgian village society, capturing the community and the joy and the resilience found in its residents.”
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“The fact that queerness is mentioned in the same breath as Satan says a lot about how homophobia is generated in America…But rather than beating homophobic stereotypes, [Gregg Akari’s] characters embrace them.”
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“If this makes any sense to you, think of DR1FT as baby-brained The Thin Red Line… on acid (because why not).”
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“Pankiw does an admirable job in the director's chair and is slowly making a name for herself in the indie space. Her best decision with this movie was casting Sennott…”
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“The Missing is a standout animated feature worth giving a watch.”
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“…it pains me to inform you that the newest entry, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, is a frivolous exercise in generic blockbuster affair.”
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For the 50th annual Seattle International Film Festival, five older movies are scheduled to be shown as part of their Archival Films program. Here, I’ll take a look at this diverse selection of titles.
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“Silvicola is less a probing and argumentative documentary than it is a visual essay or a tone poem, and it’s as committed to its task of illuminating people’s stories as it is to wandering off to take in the scenery.”
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“Tennis might be the sport of choice for this film, but simmering sexual tension is the name of the game, and this leading cast came to play. If only there was a more suitable arena to play in.”
Kanopy is a free streaming service available to anyone with an active library account (either public or academic), and here are five recommendations from their catalog for you to check out.
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“Back To Black is simply a film which need not exist.”
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