NYAFF 2023 Review: Mad Fate
In my journey to discover Hong Kong cinema outside of the bubble that is 70s-90s action films, I figured it was best to ...
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Review: Barbie
Everybody knows Barbie. Even if you’ve never played with a Barbie doll, you know who Barbie is just through cultural osmosis. She’s one ...
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Review: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Much has been said about Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One in the four or so years since it was first announced. ...
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Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Legasequels have been all the rage in Hollywood for the last decade or so. With big-budget filmmaking being firmly in the “franchise” era, ...
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Peter’s Kung Fu Corner: Golden Swallow
[Welcome to Peter’s Kung Fu Corner: a monthly column dedicated to retrospectives on the martial arts films I grew up watching. We’ll be ...
Review: Elemental
You really have to feel for Pixar at this point. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the studio has slowly but surely been in a ...
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Review: The Flash
The Flash doesn’t feel like the triumphant culmination of a cinematic universe. For as much as the marketing and public discourse may frame this ...
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Miyazaki Marathon: The Wind Rises
With the upcoming release of Miyazaki’s 12th (and possibly final) film, How Do You Live?, we at Flixist will be taking a look at Miyazaki’s ...
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Review: Mutt
Pride Month this year feels a little different. As anti-LGBTQ+ legislation threatens the lives and safety of queer people across the US, it’s ...
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Review: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
When I saw Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse at New York Comic Con 2018, that was one of the early highlights in my professional career. ...
Peter’s Kung Fu Corner: The Bells of Death
[Welcome to Peter’s Kung Fu Corner: a monthly column dedicated to retrospectives on the martial arts films I grew up watching. We’ll be ...
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Miyazaki Marathon: Ponyo
With the upcoming release of Miyazaki’s 12th (and possibly final) film, How Do You Live?, we at Flixist will be taking a look at Miyazaki’s ...