SAIFF Review: Monsoon Shootout
Sometimes a movie in an established genre takes an idea from another genre and implements it, completely subverting any expectations. It’s not that ...
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NYCFF Review: So Young
I’m still young. Young enough that I can understand and generally relate to the characters in So Young, but also old enough to ...
NYFF In 30 Seconds or Less Roundup #2
So, it took a while to get to this, but we have finally compiled the rest of our NYFF In 30 Seconds or ...
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CIFF Review: Contracted
Contracted is an American horror film that… isn’t all that horrific. The film follows Sam (Najarra Townsend), a young lesbian desperately in denial over ...
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CIFF Review: Burn it Up Djassa
Burn It Up Djassa tells the story of an Abidjan ghetto and one young man whose embrace of the ghetto ultimately led to his ...
Review: Her
I had planned to skip Her. It was an early Saturday screening, which was bad enough, but because of the all-star cast attending ...
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Review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
When immersed in a lineup as generally depressing as this year’s New York Film Festival’s, it’s easy to forget that there are movies ...
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NYFF Review: Gloria
Of all the things to latch onto first in Sebastián Lelio’s Gloria, it was the dancing. Not because it was great, mind you, ...
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Flixist Discusses Review: The Wind Rises
After the credits rolled at the screening of The Wind Rises at this year’s New York Film Festival, Hubert and I spent the ...
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NYFF Review: Le Week-End
It’s impossible to not compare Le Week-End to the films in Richard Linklater’s Before Trilogy. With the setting of Before Sunset and the ...
Review: Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips wasn’t really on my radar for the year. I like Paul Grenngrass and I love Tom Hanks, but I really wasn’t ...
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Review: Inside Llewyn Davis
The trailers for Inside Llewyn Davis don’t quite capture the feel of the film. If you watch them, there’s a kind of satiny ...