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FIRES ON THE PLAIN Review
Fires on the Plain sees Tsukamoto apply his signature style to a classic of Japanese cinema.
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7
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THE ACTOR Review
The Actor is a witty and kind-hearted look at the acting industry from the perspective of a career sideliner.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
5.5
LYING TO MOM Review
The wonted familial deceit that props up Lying to Mom belies the uneven and bloated melodrama of its plot.
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10
RED POST ON ESCHER STREET Review
A manic meta-comedy of immense proportions, Red Post on Escher Street pokes fun at the chaos of film production with equal parts absurdity and empathy.
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7
MORI, THE ARTIST’S HABITAT Review
The laid-back approach in Mori, the Artist’s Habitat works well for such a terminally breezy subject.
Posted by: Chris Luciantonio
9
Sundance 2021: NIGHT OF THE KINGS Review
Night of the Kings deftly celebrates the power of storytelling and myth-making when one’s freedoms are limited.
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5.5
Sundance 2021: EIGHT FOR SILVER Review
Sean Ellis’ 19th-century werewolf horror film lacks the substance and the follow-through to be memorable.
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8
Sundance 2021: PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Review
Prisoners of the Ghostland sees the eccentric Sion Sono embrace the midnight-movie mode and his exaggerated reputation to make one of his strangest features.
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6
THE NIGHT Review
The Night is a slick — but ideologically empty — time-loop horror that drags on like its creepy premise.
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Chris Luciantonio’s Top 30 Films of 2020
As our 2020 wrap-up kicks into gear, Chris couldn’t sit idly by and allow only ten of the best films this year get recognition so he decided to highlight 30 of his top titles.
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ASSASSINS Review
The assassination of former heir apparent to the role of Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-nam is probably the only time in the history of the world where the legal defense can be summaraized as, “It was just a prank, bro.”
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ALABAMA SNAKE Review
The crime odyssey of Glen Summerford in the fall of 1991 is one of those “stranger than fiction” cases that accordingly has risen to the esteem of modern-day folklore in the Appalachians, where it had occurred.
Marred by uncertainties and spread through
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8
76 DAYS Review
76 Days is almost impossible to watch in these times. Which is what makes it so vital.
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6.5
THE MYSTERY OF THE PINK FLAMINGO Review
Consider the pink flamingo. Curved neck, hooked beak, penetrating yellow eyes and perched on one scrawny leg with the other securely tucked into its plumage, fashioning its signature pose.
For most, this striking bird is a brief object of amusement, possibly even
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8.5
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Review
Like fellow Winnipeg weirdo before him, Guy Maddin, Matthew Rankin is quickly establishing a unique brand of surrealism for himself in the world of Canadian cinema. In his full-length feature debut, The Twentieth Century, the director applies his penchant for madcap and
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3.5
CHICK FIGHT Review
Paul Leyden’s Chick Fight centers on an underground MMA fighting club wherein pressed-upon women who have been “trained by society to cry out their problems” can embrace their inner Amazonian and work it out on another woman’s face in the ring. The
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