All You Need is Death: An Untraditional Horror Film About Traditional Music
With Love and a Major Organ: A Gently Dystopian Dramedy with Abundant Heart
By Chris Knight
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Civil War: Alex Garland’s Dystopian Tale of a Besieged America Both Thrilling and Terrifying
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Fallout: A Game-Based, Alternate History Apocalypse Your Grandparents Might Have Envisioned
Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill Celebrates Songwriter Whose Legacy Was (Almost) Vanished
ReviewJim SlotekLost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill, Documentary, Music documentary, Judee Sill, Andy Brown, Brian Lindstrom, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Fleet Foxes, Graham Nash, JD Souther, Maya Hawke, Cheryl Strayed
The First Omen: Satan Shows Signs of Aging in Uninspired Omen Franchise Entry
Monkey Man: Dev Patel's Director/Star Action Turn Succeeds Despite John Wick on its Back
By Chris Knight
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Wicked Little Letters: Sharp Period Piece Carries Timeless Feminist Message
ReviewJim SlotekWicked Little Letters, Thea Sharrock, Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, Timothy Spall, TIFF 23, Period piece, British film, Drama, Black comedy, Feminist feature, Gemma Jones, Anjana Vasan
Ripley: Patricia Highsmith's Sociopathic Social Climber Gets a Noir Netflix Upgrade
By Karen Gordon
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DogMan: Luc Besson’s Movie Should Stop Trying to Make Fetch Happen
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor: The Saga of an Accidental Revolutionary
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Sugar: Colin Farrell Series Meanders Through the L.A. Detective Genre Sleuthing For Something New
The Old Oak: Ken Loach's Last Film Frames Racism at its Most British with a Glimmer of Hope
By Chris Knight
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Remembering Gene Wilder: Portrait of an Actor as a Saint
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekRemembering Gene Wilder, Gene Wilder, Ron Frank, Documentary, Richard Pryor, Mel Brooks, Carol Kane, Alan Alda, Ben Mankiewicz, Hot Docs
Someone Like You: New Film Will Draw Christian Audience. Attention Lions
Renegade Nell: Series About 18th Century 'Highwaywoman' is a Supernaturally Imbued Hoot
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekPeriod TV series, Women bandits, Renegade Nell, Disney+, Series creator Sally Wainwright, Gentleman Jack, Louisa Harland, Reign of Queen Anne, Frank Dillane, Nick Mohammed, Alice Kremelberg, Jake Dunn
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - Like the Old Empire, with More World Landmarks Punched and Smashed
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire, 91 years of Kong, Kong: Skull Island, Director Adam Wingard, Rebecca Hall, Kaylee Hottle, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Hollow Earth, Movies that destroy world landmarks
Club Zero: Inky Black Satire More Disturbing Than Amusing
3 Body Problem: Game of Thrones Series Creators Turn to Dark, Conspiratorial ET Sci-Fi
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim Slotek3 Body Problem, Netflix, Alien invasion story, Chinese science fiction, Liu Cixin, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones, Benedict Wong, Video games as plot device, Rosalind Chao, Jess Hong, Jonathan Pryce
Problemista: Under the Laughs, Casting a Cold Eye on the America Dream
ReviewJim SlotekProblemista, Julio Torres, Tilda Swinton, Laith Nakli, RZA, Comedy, Absurdist social comment, Immigration, American Dream, Art world, Satire
