27 May 2026

Auteur, Auteur

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 A pair of films from two of our favorite storytellers, screened this month at the Guild Cinema .   THE STRANGER (B+) - It is no easy task ...
23 May 2026

Doc Watch: That's Entertainment

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  SHARI AND LAMB CHOP (B-minus) - It is unclear why, at this moment in time, the world needed a profile of puppeteer and entertainer Shari ...
18 May 2026

Life Is Short: Women on the Verge

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  We pulled the plug on two movies in a row -- the droll indie wank "Bunnylovr" and the annoying quasi-horror momcore pulp "I...
13 May 2026

Con Artists

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  THE CHRISTOPHERS (B+) - Octogenarian Ian McKellan absolutely devours a sumptuous script as a grumpy old artist defending his legacy again...
10 May 2026

New to the Queue

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 The sun has its own particular slant this time of year ... Our guy John Magaro (" Past Lives ," " Not Fade Away ") star...
05 May 2026

To Whom It May Concern

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  REBEL WITH A CLAUSE (A-minus) - This DIY labor of love is an irresistible testament to a woman who has devoted her life to the parsing of...
29 April 2026

Moping Around

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  NOAH KAHAN: OUT OF BODY (B+) - There's emo and then there is Noah Kahan. There are no circumstances in which the sensitive singer-son...
24 April 2026

Are You Experienced?

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 Reflections on the 21st annual Experiments in Cinema festival of experimental film at the Guild Cinema in mid-April.   We caught three pr...
20 April 2026

Now and Then: Girls in Peril

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  THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE (B+) - It is 1990s Iraq, and 9-year-old Lamia has been randomly chosen at her school for the honor of baking a c...
18 April 2026

'Up' to the Task

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  Michael Apted guided the vaunted " Seven Up " documentary series through each life cycle for decades, until his death in early ...
16 April 2026

That '70s Drift: Blending in to the Decor

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  THE SECRET AGENT (A-minus) - You might be able to pick it apart critically, you might find it too long and confusing, but "The Secre...
12 April 2026

Jarmusch in Review: Free Solo

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   BROKEN FLOWERS (2005) (A) - Ever since seeing the opening scene of "Broken Flowers," I've always fantasized about being du...
10 April 2026

New to the Queue

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 Is it war in here or am I crazy? ...   A coming-of-age film out of Macedonia about a teen who defies his strict father to be a DJ, the debu...
07 April 2026

Tourist Traps

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  THE NAPA BOYS (C-minus) - There's nothing wrong, necessarily, with making a moronic movie. But it should be more than occasionally fu...
01 April 2026

Certifiable

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  WHEN WE WENT MAD (B) - There is nostalgia to be mined from exploring the good ol' days of publishing, back when you could have a blas...