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Despicable Me 4
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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If there is anything that Despicable Me 4 proves, it’s that the minions will outlast humanity.
Posted Jul 04, 2024
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A Family Affair
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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A Family Affair is a reminder that movie stars still exist and their names are Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron.
Posted Jun 28, 2024
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Inside Out 2
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Inside Out 2 is a safe play for Pixar but continues building out the intricacies of Riley’s mind with an accurate conceptualization of anxiety.
Posted Jun 27, 2024
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Kinds of Kindness
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Part Dekalog, part hipster sketch show, part children’s tall tale, Kinds of Kindness is a deeply comedic return to freak form for Yorgos Lanthimos as he explores the desperation spectrum of co-dependent humanity.
Posted Jun 14, 2024
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Robot Dreams
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Adapted from the beloved graphic novel of the same name, but injected with a New York ambiance, Robot Dreams delivers one of the most humanistic depictions of memories and loss through a robot and dog’s love story.
Posted Jun 03, 2024
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Handling the Undead
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Thea Hvistendahl’s Handling the Undead reimagines the typical zombie flick through a sedated meditation on what defines the living: having a body or possessing a soul?
Posted May 31, 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Furiosa is a two-hour teaser feat that pays homage to Charlize Theron’s interpretation of the character and gives the official myth-making treatment to the reclamation of the Wasteland.
Posted May 25, 2024
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Hit Man
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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More Glen Powell and Richard Linklater movies because Hit Man is the real deal.
Posted May 23, 2024
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The Fall Guy
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Love, fire, and spicy margaritas, The Fall Guy is a full-blown blockbuster encasing a romantic comedy led by the delectable Ryan Gosling that is devoted to the heroes of film: stunt teams.
Posted May 03, 2024
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Challengers
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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A tedious edging playing like a sexy mind game for the intellectual, Luca Guadagnino's Challengers serves up a techno ménage à trois dominating its audience into a lustful climax.
Posted Apr 23, 2024
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The Greatest Hits
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Music holds a place in life that is unlike anything else, its ability to transport people back to certain moments, places, and people is unmatchable. Taking this concept, director Ned Benson crafts a harmonious fantasy-romance of reflection.
Posted Apr 18, 2024
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Monkey Man
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Dev Patel comes swinging full force in his directorial debut, Monkey Man, crafting an all-consuming revenge tale that seeks out moments of reflection in a cinematic showcase of passion for the first-time filmmaker.
Posted Apr 11, 2024
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La Chimera
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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La Chimera is to experience film through the lens of childhood curiosity and trust Alice Rohrwacher as she breaks all the rules to fully entrench the mystique and beauty of Italian cinema from past to present.
Posted Mar 28, 2024
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Kung Fu Panda 4
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Sixteen years after the original, the Kung Fu Panda universe continues to expand in the fourth installment. It feels like reuniting with the best of your childhood for another destructive adventure
Posted Mar 20, 2024
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A
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Every Little Thing
(2024)
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Lauren Coates
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Through simple, thoughtful filmmaking choices and an eloquent, honest subject, “Every Little Thing” (like the birds themselves) is a small but mighty documentary that finds beauty in the little things.
Posted Mar 20, 2024
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B+
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Frida
(2024)
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Lauren Coates
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It’s not the first film to tackle the wild, colorful world of Kahlo, and it won’t be the last, but Gutierrez’s stylistic sensibilities lend “Frida” a vibrance and rawness to her story that transcends typical documentary filmmaking convention.
Posted Mar 20, 2024
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Kneecap
(2024)
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Lauren Coates
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Fierce, foul-mouthed, and spearheaded by Peppiatt’s fearless direction, Kneecap pays delightful, dirty homage to a trio of unlikely revolutionaries.
Posted Mar 20, 2024
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Love Lies Bleeding
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Gooey gory deliciousness, Rose Glass’s Love Lies Bleeding is a concoction of genres and themes into one late-night love odyssey.
Posted Mar 07, 2024
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Spaceman
(2024)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Like stepping into a planetarium, Johan Renck’s Spaceman is a somber psychoanalysis into the mysterious depths of the human psyche led by a stunning subdued Adam Sandler.
Posted Feb 28, 2024
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The Taste of Things
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Following a French gourmet chef and his head cook, two experts in the culinary craft, director Trần Anh Hùng examines food as a love language to symbolize the human connection to emotional and sentimental moments in life.
Posted Feb 09, 2024
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The Killer
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Within the first five seconds, The Killer gives off major Cool Girl energy as David Fincher’s sleekest film It is a true, technical treat for longtime Fincher Fans, proving why he is a master of the digital film age.
Posted Nov 14, 2023
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Something from Tiffany's
(2022)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Like something from Tiffany’s, this comfort romance movie is wrapped in a glossy gift box that uses style to distract from its under-baked supporting characters.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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One Fine Morning
(2022)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Visual virtuoso Mia Hansen-Løve composes a light, honest story that strikes an emotional chord as it looks at the impact of love on Lea Seydoux’s graceful Sandra.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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"Sr."
(2022)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Though posed as a documentary, SR. is actually a love story between two generations that turns into an emotional farewell for its antiestablishment subject.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Spoiler Alert
(2022)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Spoiler Alert is a sentimental snapshot of a relationship with an inevitable ending that shares the importance of grasping onto something you love before it leaves you through
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Joyland
(2022)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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In his debut feature, Saim Sadiq crafts a story sensitive in nature and vibrant in visuals while tackling divided gender roles and repressed sexual desires in his homeland of Pakistan.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Nanny
(2022)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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By using layered storytelling and mystical visuals, Nikyatu Jusu blends horror and social issues to reimagine the American dream.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Holy Spider
(2022)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Holy Spider is an unsettling, impactful analysis on how misogyny and gender-based violence outlast the actions of one man due to environments and attitudes that allow it to persevere.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Bones and All
(2022)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Bones and All is a deeply humanistic story of impossible love as two drifters search for their idea of home.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Close
(2022)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Lukas Dhont uses the relationship between two adolescent boys as a cathartic study on the intersectionality of friendship, identity, masculinity, and grief.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Cat Person
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Cat Person is an honest depiction of female discomfort in the modern world of dating that will spark further discussion around gray areas and consent and even hit too close to home for my own dating experiences.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Shotgun Wedding
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Shotgun Wedding is the latest showcase for JLo as she returns to the romantic-comedy wedding genre. The film moves between action and family drama and features an eclectic cast.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Pamela, a Love Story
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Although her story is tragic, Pamela Anderson and Ryan White bring a sense of romance to her recap that feels like an exercise in meditation and a tale of ownership rather than a documentary.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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A Thousand and One
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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A.V. Rockwell writes a love letter to mothers and the marginalized communities of New York through a painful character study following a mother-son relationship living in an ever-changing city.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Air
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Disguised as an origin story of Nike and Michael Jordan’s partnership, Air is a reintroduction of director Ben Affleck that at its heart is a story about having purpose and believing in yourself.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Polite Society
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Influenced by Western and action films, Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society is an insight into sibling dynamics documented through a bold coming-of-age film that has the potential to become a classic for younger generations.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Reality
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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From the first shot, director Tina Satter creates an unsettling retelling of an infamous whistleblower interrogation through minimalistic design, natural performances, and disoriented editing leading to one of the tensest films of the year.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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The seventh installment to the beloved Hasbro Toys franchise redials the overall narrative and visuals into pure nostalgia escapism that sets the Transformers back on track.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Harrison Ford’s final Indiana Jones is a lackluster, emotional conclusion to the campy, adventure franchise that it might be better to skip the film and just go on the ride in Anaheim to relive the magic of the Indiana Jones films.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Empire of Light
(2022)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Empire of Light is a lovely, personal film illuminating tiny splices of life. Mendes brings magic to the employees of the Empire, but unfortunately, his mixture of themes never fits into one solid story.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Babylon
(2022)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Chazelle cracks the fantasy facade of the film by breaking down the moving images into a collection of frames and solid colors that make us question how we actually perceive the screen.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Tár
(2022)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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TÁR is an intoxicating portrait of how a female conductor not only shapes and manipulates music, but also the world she operates in which ultimately leads to her own self-destruction.
Posted Jul 25, 2023
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Oppenheimer
(2023)
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Jillian Chilingerian
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Nolan’s historical thriller, Oppenheimer, not only serves as an invigorating, provocative plunge into the man behind the atomic bomb but a pounding horrific origin of nuclear power that would change foreign policy and humanity for the modern age.
Posted Jul 20, 2023
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B+
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
(2023)
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Lauren Coates
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Dead Reckoning may not reach the story highs of Fallout and Rogue Nation, but Cruise and McQuarrie’s dedication to delivering top-of-the-line stunts results in another pulse-pounding and undeniably exhilarating entry in the world of Mission: Impossible.
Posted Jul 10, 2023
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Stan Lee
(2023)
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Lauren Coates
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While it may be expecting too much for a documentary produced by Disney to go anywhere near the less squeaky-clean side of Lee’s story, it’s nonetheless underwhelming to see an otherwise well-crafted doc so uninterested in examining its subject.
Posted Jun 29, 2023
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Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
(2023)
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Lauren Coates
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A fairly cut-and-dry chronicle of his stunning double life that uses clips from his expansive filmography to parallel the ongoings of his tumultuous, often tortured personal life.
Posted Jun 29, 2023
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Rather
(2023)
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Lauren Coates
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For those of us who may not have any existing knowledge of or affection for Rather, this is an awfully inelegant, uninteresting way to frame a fascinating career in American television.
Posted Jun 29, 2023
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Maestra
(2023)
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Lauren Coates
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Shot with an 80% female crew (a staggering statistic and an all-too-rare one), Maestra is earnest, authentic, and wholehearted in its attempts to capture the life, passion, and spirit of women in a cutthroat field.
Posted Jun 29, 2023
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Cypher
(2023)
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Lauren Coates
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As much a narrative feature as it is a doc, Cypher is a fittingly unorthodox and refreshing take on typical music documentary conventions—perfect for a rapper whose unique style (both in fashion and music) similarly defies convention.
Posted Jun 29, 2023
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Bad Things
(2023)
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Lauren Coates
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These messy, complicated women deserve an original horror story of their own, not a film that bills itself as the queer, female-led answer to The Shining.
Posted Jun 29, 2023
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