Two years after its debut at the Toronto Film Festival, “The People’s Joker” finally opens this Friday. If that sounds…
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Read More →“The thirst for knowledge is a very commendable thing. Though I do believe that when you hear the explanation you…
Read More →Luis Fernando Puente’s “I Have No Tears, and I Must Cry” takes place in the confines of an immigration office…
Read More →Rory Kennedy is a phenomenal interviewer. We’ve seen this before in her other projects like the Oscar-nominated “Last Days in…
Read More →For more than 80 years, the auteur theory has provided a handy guide to thinking about who’s responsible for a…
Read More →“Play Dirty” is a witty, acerbic, gorgeously ugly film that says something a lot of people don’t want to hear…
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