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When we met, I was 18 and Brian Chankin was at most 25. At the time, he looked like a vampire. I remember he was…
May 5
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Tufts of fake snow float along a Paris street in Christophe Honoré’s On A Magical Night, reminding us that we are in…
Apr 28
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A plot summary of Annie Silverstein’s Bull—in which a troubled teenage girl from South Texas develops an unlikely…
Apr 23
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Apr 22
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Chris Hemsworth’s talent lies mostly in comedy, but his looks and physique have all but ensured a career of…
Apr 16
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Drake Doremus specializes in the indie drama equivalent of bougie engagement and wedding photos, complete with…
Apr 15
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Mar 31
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That the American electoral system does not privilege the interests of ordinary voters will not come as a surprise…
Mar 25
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Mar 24
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Benjamin Kasulke’s directorial debut Banana Split is not so much a movie about teenagers as it is a “teen movie”—the…
Mar 6
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Early on in Spenser Confidential, the ex-cop and soon-to-be-ex-con Spenser (Mark Wahlberg) mocks a guard for…
Mar 4
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On a wet night at a station on the outskirts of the Chinese city of Wuhan, a man with cuts on his face is approached…
Feb 28
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Welcome back to another edition of Film Club. This week, senior writer Katie Rife is joined by contributor Ignatiy…
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Welcome back to another edition of Film Club. This week, senior writer Katie Rife is joined by contributor Ignatiy…
Feb 25
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In the opening scene of Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Whistlers, a middle-aged Romanian cop arrives in the Canary Islands…
Feb 19
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A thought enters one’s head about forty minutes into Dee Rees’ Joan Didion adaptation The Last Thing He Wanted: This…
Feb 19
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The effect that Pedro Costa’s 2006 film Colossal Youth had on those who were lucky enough to discover it early would…