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- Culture, Film Reviews October 24, 2018
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The Fright Stuff
Tales of the scary movie moments our critics will never forget.
I doubt that I have ever jumped so high, so fast, in a manner that probably looked like a cartoon character.
- Culture, Film Reviews October 19, 2016
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Fall Flicks
Our picks for the "awards season" movies most worth getting excited about.
Here are some of the titles we're most jazzed to see heading toward the end of 2016.
- Culture, Film Reviews September 2, 2015
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Movie Lessons of the Summer
City Weekly film critics contemplate the lessons of the cinematic summer
It's hard to believe the kids are back in school already, and the summer movie season of 2015 is now in the rear-view mirror.
- Culture, Film Reviews January 21, 2015
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Oscar Nominations 2015
City Weekly film contributors react to the Academy's choices, for good or ill
Like many, I feared Marion Cotillard would be left out of the Best Actress field. She hasn't got a shot of winning for the remarkable Two Days, One Night, ...
- Culture, Film Reviews September 3, 2014
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Fall Films 2014
City Weekly film writers look at their most anticipated movies for the rest of 2014
Every cinematic fall brings talk of "awards season," and the titles almost certain to draw either critical praise or Oscar voters' love, if not both.
- Culture, Film Reviews July 2, 2014
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Snowpiercer
Snowpiercer turns a director’s vision into propulsive genre satisfaction
Bong Joon-ho isn’t one for staying within the lines. Since making his debut with the bleakly funny Tarantino riff Barking Dogs Never Bite, the South Korean director has delivered a terrific streak of films that remain respectful to their chosen genres—crime procedurals for Memories of Murder,
- Culture, Film Reviews May 30, 2014
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Cold in July
Cold in July delivers old-school Southern-fried genre satisfaction
Mention Joe R. Lansdale to someone familiar with his books, and watch the crooked grins start to form. First identified as a member of horror fiction’s short-lived ’90s “splatterpunk” movement,
- Culture, Film Reviews November 27, 2013
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Nebraska
Low-speed road movie with many virtues
Alexander Payne has long inhabited the nexus between affectionate ribbing and pointed jabs. Although his killer satirical instincts have been evident since his debut—1996’s blackly hilario
- Culture, Film Reviews October 18, 2013
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We Are What We Are
An unfiltered shot of the real stuff
Director Jim Mickle first fired up a signal flare among horror fans with 2006’s Mulberry Street, a no-budget melding of Cassavetes-style realism and giant mutant rat men.
- Culture, Film Reviews August 3, 2012
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Dark Horse
Cinema of uneasiness loses steam
Director Todd Solondz had his moment in the … well, we’ll call it “sunshine” with 1998’s Happiness, a spectacularly assured downer that somehow served as the missing link between John Waters and Ingmar Bergman.
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