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Hey! It's all of us! We just love to babble about movies, so every so often we come together as a staff and share our collective thoughts. You can follow more general staff updates on Twitter @MovieBabble_.

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    Our Most Anticipated Movies of 2023

    by The MovieBabble Staff January 23, 2023
    by The MovieBabble Staff January 23, 2023

    The new year has plenty to be excited about. We have a truly stacked slate for the first time since before the pandemic; many industry leaders — including Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Wes Anderson, Sofia…

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    ‘The Sentence of Michael Thompson’ by Kyle Thrash and Haley Elizabeth Anderson

    by The MovieBabble Staff December 9, 2022
    by The MovieBabble Staff December 9, 2022

    Michael Thompson is the longest serving non-violent offender in Michigan history and this year he is finally up for clemency. In 1994, he was arrested for selling three pounds of cannabis to a close friend…

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    ‘Genius Loci’ by Adrien Merigeau

    by The MovieBabble Staff September 9, 2022
    by The MovieBabble Staff September 9, 2022

    One night, Reine, a young loner, sees within the urban chaos a mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide.   Nick Kush: Genius Loci was on my long list of my favorite movies…

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    ‘Shots in the Dark With David Godlis’ by Lewie & Noah Kloster

    by The MovieBabble Staff November 8, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff November 8, 2021

    Between 1976 and 1980, young Manhattan photographer David Godlis documented the nightly goings-on at the Bowery’s legendary CBGB, “the undisputed birthplace of punk rock,” with a vividly distinctive style of night photography. Lewie and Noah…

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    ‘While You Were Sleeping’ by Anderson Wright

    by The MovieBabble Staff August 27, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff August 27, 2021

    Night shift cleaners in Salt Lake City share their experiences and attitudes toward their essential work.   Nick Kush: While You Were Sleeping is a gentle reminder of the necessary, but mostly unappreciated work that so…

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    ‘The Gaze’ by Barry Jenkins

    by The MovieBabble Staff August 6, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff August 6, 2021

    Barry Jenkins’ note on The Gaze: “In my years of doing interviews and roundtables and Q&A’s for the various films we’ve made, there is one question that recurs. No matter the length of the piece…

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    ‘How to Breathe in Kern County’ by Chris Filippone

    by The MovieBabble Staff July 30, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff July 30, 2021

    As the workday grinds to a halt, a gathering of street racers makes way for the backroads of Bakersfield to find catharsis.   Nick Kush: So little is said throughout How to Breathe in Kern County,…

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    ‘Frank’s Joke’ by Ed Bulmer

    by The MovieBabble Staff July 23, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff July 23, 2021

    Frank told a joke at work. Nobody laughed. Now at 3 am he’s unable to sleep as he obsesses over his social faux-pas, leading him to contemplate the nature of memory itself.   Nick Kush:…

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    ‘A Quiet Place: Part II’ Exit Survey – Millicent Simmonds FTW!

    by The MovieBabble Staff June 10, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff June 10, 2021

    A Quiet Place: Part II has played a big part in taking movie theaters off life support, nearly matching the opening weekend box office of the original with many theaters still operating at limited capacity.…

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    ‘Cruella’ Exit Survey: Great Dresses, Bad Dogs

    by The MovieBabble Staff June 9, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff June 9, 2021

    Who would’ve thought a pack of dalmatians would be so vicious??? Cruella is out, and, along with A Quiet Place: Part II and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, it marks the unofficial…

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    Oscars 2021 Exit Survey: How Will We Remember This Very Strange Ceremony?

    by The MovieBabble Staff April 28, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff April 28, 2021

    A jiggered presentation order, notable upsets, and Glenn Close dancing to “Da Butt” were only a few of the oddities that took place during the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony. Soderbergh went full Soderbergh, changing the…

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    Pitch Your Dream “Versus” Movie!

    by The MovieBabble Staff April 27, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff April 27, 2021

    With Godzilla vs. Kong welcoming people back to theaters, extra attention is on the versus/crossover subgenre. It’s not the first time, and it surely won’t be the last time we see two iconic movie characters…

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    ‘The Moon’s Not That Great’ by Mathieu Libman

    by The MovieBabble Staff January 15, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff January 15, 2021

    After an astronaut returns from her lunar mission to find that the public lost all interest in the moon, the stories of the astronaut, a film director, and a bear intersect.   Nick Kush: Whether it’s…

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    ‘Freeze Frame’ by Soetkin Verstegen

    by The MovieBabble Staff January 5, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff January 5, 2021

    Identical figures perform the hopeless task of preserving blocks of ice.   Nick Kush: I love little oddballs such as Freeze Frame, wherein it appears the creator set out to try something just to see what…

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    ‘Youth’ by Farida Zahran

    by The MovieBabble Staff December 2, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff December 2, 2020

    A teenage girl takes a step toward adulthood in contemporary Cairo.   Nick Kush: Farida Zahran shows plenty of restraint in telling this coming-of-age story; in the wrong hands, Youth could turn into a needlessly brutal…

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    ‘Darling’ by Saim Sadiq

    by The MovieBabble Staff December 1, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff December 1, 2020

    As a new show is introduced at an erotic dance theater in Lahore, a sacrificial goat goes missing, a dreamy trans girl desperately tries to become a star, and a naive young boy falls in…

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    ‘Bob & Dale’ by David Rosfeld

    by The MovieBabble Staff November 29, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff November 29, 2020

    An elderly gay couple living off the grid in the Rocky Mountains finds a deeper love together when dementia threatens their independence. Nick Kush: I adore Bob & Dale’s sparing use of dialogue. The titular couple…

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    ‘Is Your Daughter Home?’ by Vincenzo Nappi

    by The MovieBabble Staff September 30, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff September 30, 2020

    Mark Reiter stands in front of his love’s house as he practices what he will say to her mother.   Nick Kush: The grain of the film and the general rough-around-the-edges aesthetic to Is Your Daughter…

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    Quarantine Staff Picks: Part 25 (The Finale)

    by The MovieBabble Staff September 24, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff September 24, 2020

    Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…

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    Quarantine Staff Picks: Part 24

    by The MovieBabble Staff September 17, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff September 17, 2020

    Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…

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    Quarantine Staff Picks: Part 23

    by The MovieBabble Staff September 11, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff September 11, 2020

    Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…

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    Quarantine Staff Picks: Part 22

    by The MovieBabble Staff September 3, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff September 3, 2020

    Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…

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    Quarantine Staff Picks: Part 21

    by The MovieBabble Staff August 27, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff August 27, 2020

    Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…

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    Quarantine Staff Picks: Part 20

    by The MovieBabble Staff August 20, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff August 20, 2020

    Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…

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    ‘Runon’ by Daniel Kaufman

    by The MovieBabble Staff August 15, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff August 15, 2020

    All Luke and his mom have are two garbage bags full of clothes, and two tickets out of town on the midnight Greyhound. Like he’s assembling a puzzle, Luke has to figure out the why…

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    Quarantine Staff Picks: Part 19

    by The MovieBabble Staff August 13, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff August 13, 2020

    Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…

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    Quarantine Staff Picks: Part 18

    by The MovieBabble Staff August 6, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff August 6, 2020

    Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…

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    ‘Ode to Desolation’ by Lindsey Hagen

    by The MovieBabble Staff July 31, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff July 31, 2020

    Ode to Desolation shares the story of Jim Henterly, a naturalist, illustrator, and fire lookout as he contemplates the dwindling days of Fire Lookouts in North America. With the influence of technology and AI threatening…

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    Quarantine Staff Picks: Part 17

    by The MovieBabble Staff July 30, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff July 30, 2020

    Here at MovieBabble, we like to watch movies, obviously. However, the Coronavirus has created a sudden drop off in the number of new movies for us to watch. But we will not be stopped, and…

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    ‘Man-Spider’ by Tom Oxenham

    by The MovieBabble Staff July 24, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff July 24, 2020

    Everyone knows the Spider-Man story: man gets bitten by spider, gets spider powers, becomes hero. But radioactive metamorphosis is a two-way street. So what about the spider who bit Peter Parker? Whatever became of him?…

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