Not gonna lie, this had me in the first half. In its first hour, Tina Mabry’s “The Supremes at Earl’s…
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Every afternoon, as Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) pulls into his driveway after work, one of his neighbors, like clockwork, walks by…
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Read More »There’s something radical about the old-fashioned approach of “My Penguin Friend.” It’s an earnest, crowd-pleasing family film – nothing snarky or self-referential, no on-the-nose…
Read More »When “Caligula” arrived in theaters in 1979, it came in on a tidal wave of hype, most of it on…
Read More »When you have a name like Hope Goldman, two words lacquered in shiny aspirational vibes, you probably know it’s ought…
Read More »“Good Bad Things” is an intimate, small story about the gigantic issue that challenges and terrifies us all: the collision between…
Read More »“Mothers’ Instinct” gets by on its pulpy potential more than anything else. There’s something intrinsically appealing about watching two phenomenal…
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