Flixist Discusses: An Analysis of Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival [Part 2]
In the 24 hours since part one of this discussion was posted, I was talking with a friend about something completely unrelated when ...
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Flixist Discusses: An Analysis of Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival [Part 1]
If you haven’t seen Arrival yet, you should do so immediately. Not just because this thing right here spoils the hell out of ...
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Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
On my right wrist is a scar given to me by the seventh Harry Potter book. I was abroad at the time, at ...
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Review: The Monster
As often as I can, I like to go into films relatively blind. In the case of The Monster, my Facebook feed had ...
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Review: The Accountant
I remember seeing the first trailer for The Accountant a few months back and thinking, “That’s a hilarious premise that looks like it ...
Review: Moonlight
I don’t want to (and am not going to) make this review about the fact that Moonlight is a film about African Americans. ...
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Review: American Honey
American Honey is shot in a 4:3 aspect ratio, where the image is approximately 1.33 times wider than it is tall. Movies looked ...
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Review: Snowden
I never saw Citizenfour, the documentary Laura Poitras made about Edward Snowden. I thought about it a lot and certainly meant to, but ...
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Review: The Lovers And The Despot
It can be kind of exhausting getting a dozen (or more) emails a day about movie X, Y, and Z. Do I want ...
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Review: Don’t Breathe
Three years ago, Fede Alvarez proved that he was a talent to watch. Evil Dead is a great film, tense and horrific and, more ...
The first Women Texas Film Festival is coming (and worth paying attention to)
It feels like, at any given moment, there are at least 25 film festivals going on that I’m supposed to be watching out ...
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Review: Jason Bourne
My memory of the first three Bourne films is a bit like Jason Bourne’s memories of, well, everything: It’s fuzzy, jumpy, and full ...