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monday movie / movies / west anthony

Monday Movie: Meeting Spencer, by West Anthony

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Meeting Spencer originally ran as a home video review. Why isn’t this funnier? That’s what I kept asking myself as I watched Meeting Spencer, a would-be farce...

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home video hovel / movies / reviews / rudie obias

Home Video Hovel: Gummo, by Rudie Obias

In 1995, filmmaker Harmony Korine broke out with the indie hit film Kids, which was written by Korine and directed by Larry Clark. A few years later, Korine released his directorial debut Gummo with a sharp division with film critics...

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movies / reviews / Theatrical Review / tyler smith

Am I Racist?: Be Better, by Tyler Smith

Justin Folk’s Am I Racist? is the latest film from conservative website The Daily Wire and it is, in many ways, exactly what you would expect. It is a reaction and rejection of the current political conversation about race. In...

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david bax / monday movie / movies

Monday Movie: American Reunion, by David Bax

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of American Reunion originally ran as a theatrical review. When American Pie came out in 1999, it was a shaggy dog comedy with a cast of unknowns that had...

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alexander miller / criterion predictions / movies

Criterion Prediction #282: Comedies & Proverbs: The Aviator’s Wife, A Good Marriage, Pauline at the Beach, Full Moon in Paris, The Green Ray, Boyfriends and Girlfriends, by Alexander Miller

Titles: Comedies & Proverbs – The Aviator’s Wife, A Good Marriage, Pauline at the Beach, Full Moon in Paris, The Green Ray, Boyfriends and Girlfriends  Year(s): 1981,1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 Director: Eric Rohmer Cast: Sophie Renoir, Pascale Ogier, Béatrice...

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david bax / monday movie / movies

Monday Movie: The Promotion, by David Bax

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of The Promotion originally ran as a theatrical review. Steve Conrad’s The Promotion has made me rethink my position on Garden State. Stylistically, Zach Braff’s directorial debut...

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2024 / edinburgh international film festival / edinburgh international film festival 2024 / movies / reviews / simon read / Theatrical Review

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024: Timestalker, by Simon Read

Alice Lowe is no stranger to the Edinburgh Festival scene. I first saw her performing alongside Richard Ayoade and Matthew Holness in the Fringe stage show of Garth Marenghi’s Fright Knight in the year 2000, when I was a sixteen-year-old...

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