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The Wasteland Spotlight: The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival
If you’re looking for new outlets for checking out films, this article series is a perfect way to seek out new channels to dive into. Continue reading
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“The Exorcism” is the Poster Child of Squandered Potential (Review)
Conceptually, it could be brilliant – but how does one pull it off? Continue reading
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“The Watchers” is a Convincing Argument for a Career (Review)
Shyamalan’s debut is clearly inspired by her father’s thriller and horror work, but forges a path all its own by way of presentation. Continue reading
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Revenge Comedy “Thelma” Takes a Cleverly Pleasant Approach to Aging
“Thelma” is not the first of its kind – revenge movies starring elderly folks – but it’s certainly the best. Continue reading
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The Sweet, Unconventional Love of “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person” (Review)
Despite the delicious tease of the title, there’s a deliberate play on expectations – instead of a morose meditation on the inevitability of death, “Humanist Vampire” is a black comedy about morality and obligation that asks us to confront the… Continue reading
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Lessons from the Wasteland: Stanley Kubrick
Welcome to class! Each film on this curated watchlist will highlight either a filmmaker, sub-genre, filmmaking technique, or significant topic in order to broaden your cinematic horizons. Continue reading
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“Furiosa” is an Action-Driven Trek Through a Familiar Wasteland (Review)
This is it: the prequel that proves why prequels should exist. A film that both complements and aggrandizes the original while being functionally independent and standing on its own. Continue reading
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Ro’s Colored Glasses: Revisiting the Time-Traveling Antics of “Mr. Peabody and Sherman”
Ro’s Colored Glasses is a series where I re-examine these films from my childhood with a more refined and educated perspective, and re-evaluate them as fairly and objectively as possible (if there even is such a method). Continue reading
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A Lavish but Lacking Look at Benjamin Franklin’s French Sojourn (Review)
I’m convinced the showrunners of the world will not stop until every Founding Father has been given a miniseries on prestige television that details their actions during the American Revolution. Continue reading
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Divisive Reviews Make Me Even More Excited About “Megalopolis”
I always admire a risk, and Megalopolis looks to be one of the riskiest films ever put to the screen…and for that alone, it has my anticipation. Continue reading
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