One of my favorite yearly traditions in doing Short Films In Focus is getting to write about the Oscar-nominated shorts.…
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You may have been surprised to see the ads for FOX’s “Animal Control” during the Super Bowl last night and…
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Over the years I’ve seen contestants on singing shows try a Burt Bacharach–Hal David song—”Walk on By,” “Anyone Who Had…
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“Magic” Mike Lane can’t stop bumping and grinding. He’s the male stripper version of a bank robber or cowboy who…
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Ten years ago, Ally (Alison Brie) left her boyfriend and their small, rural hometown to make documentaries in Los Angeles.…
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Benjamin Caron’s “Sharper,” now in limited theatrical release and streaming on Apple TV+ next week, allows one to imagine what…
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No one ever speaks the name of the entity tormenting new mother Valeria (Natalia Solián) in the Mexican horror movie…
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“Your Place or Mine” begins in 2003, and it feels like the kind of superficially agreeable and instantly forgettable romantic…
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Rebecca Harrell Tickell considers sharing a “puddle jumper” with Roger Ebert en route to the 1998 Virginia Film Festival a…
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The Danish/English horror movie “Attachment” has a striking list of fears: a partner’s overbearing parent, a possible scary history of…
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