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Washington and McDormand Scorch with The Tragedy of Macbeth
The layers, complexities, intensity and precision with which these award-winning actors inhabit these roles is awesome, inspiring and invigorating for a whole new generation not yet familiar with the classics. …
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Zola is a Ride on the Wild Side via A’Ziah King’s Tweets and Janicza Bravo
“It's funny and unusual and uncomfortable,” says Bravo of King's highly original story. “It has guts and power in the way that it unfolds. A’Ziah's tweets felt like the intersection…
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Boys State Confirms Politics is Not a Spectator Sport
BOYS STATE charts the twists and turns of these intersecting stories, revealing profound truths about our political choices and civic obligations, exposing the political fault lines in Texas and in…
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Adam Sandler is No Joke in Uncut Gems
You know the person that buys a lottery ticket every day, goes to the racetrack and plays craps with the unwavering belief that with every dime they own (and sometimes…
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Kelvin Harrison, Jr. is Phenomenal in Dramatic American Tragedy Waves
Waves is film that encompasses ripples of societal norms and expectations then flips it completely on its head. Director Trey Edward Shults exquisitely weaves a story focused on how family…
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Pattinson and Dafoe are Bizarre and Brilliant in The Lighthouse
Shot on 35mm in shockingly gorgeous black-and-white by Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke), this psychological thriller follows the slow descent into madness of two lighthouse keepers (Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson) on a…
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Jamie Bell and Danielle Macdonald Confront White Supermacy in SKIN
Skin displays in one fell swoop all the things about racism that make us uncomfortable and angry. It's a reminder that NO human comes into this earth armed with hatred.…
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The Souvenir Captures Ups, Downs and Traps of Toxic Love
Have you ever met someone that makes your heart skip every time they are near? I did and was madly in love. The touch of his hand would make me…
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Elsie Fisher is Real and Raw in A24’s Eighth Grade
How many times did you wish you could go back to school and punch that one mean girl in the throat or at least embarrass her beyond belief? With ‘coming…
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Toni Collette is Brilliant in Heart-Stopping Horror Hereditary
After watching Stephen King’s Carrie, I vowed to never again watch a horror flick. Numerous nights on end are spent with lights on and one eye struggling to stay open…
