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    Jewish International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘They Call Me Dr. Miami’

    by Bethany Lola February 23, 2021
    by Bethany Lola February 23, 2021

    When the opportunity arose to watch They Call Me Dr. Miami, I jumped on it faster than a half-price BBL. Dr. Miami has always been one of the most fascinating people on the internet to…

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    International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘The Witches of the Orient’

    by Liam Trump February 10, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 10, 2021

    Sports movies can provide great insight into foreign cultures. Almost every country in the world weaves sports into its culture to some degree, even relying on them greatly to present a strong national image to…

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    International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘Archipelago’

    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021

    Animation is a powerful tool in a filmmaker’s arsenal. Sure, many of the most popular and successful animated films are under the ‘kids’ movies’ banner, but there are many which take on thought-provoking, introspective ideas.…

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    International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘Landscapes of Resistance’

    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021

    Creating an intimate documentary that goes deep into an individual’s backstory can be one of the most difficult types of film to do right. The level of intimacy necessary can be difficult to capture and dip…

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    ‘Heartworn Highways’ Lets the Music Speak for Itself

    by Ingrid Dendievel February 5, 2021
    by Ingrid Dendievel February 5, 2021

    When you grow up in Belgium, you don’t often hear country music. In the seventies and the eighties, I did, however, become familiar with some of the biggest names in the genre. I remember Kenny…

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘The Sparks Brothers’

    by Liam Trump February 4, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 4, 2021

    Edgar Wright is by far one of the greatest filmmakers of the generation. His films offer a style that’s completely his own, and the reception his films receive reflects it. One of the most notable…

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘At The Ready’

    by Aubrey McKay February 2, 2021
    by Aubrey McKay February 2, 2021

    Policing in Modern America is in a complicated place. The institution has, rightfully so, come under fire for outdated practices and negative interactions with minorities. What was at one time among the noblest professions, has…

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    ‘Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself’ Demands Your Attention

    by Danny O'Dea February 2, 2021
    by Danny O'Dea February 2, 2021

    Have you heard the story of the Rouletista? I promise you don’t know what you’re getting into when you hit play on Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself. It’s impossible, really, and that’s okay. It’s…

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘The Most Beautiful Boy in the World’

    by Nick Kush January 30, 2021
    by Nick Kush January 30, 2021

    For many, their introduction to Björn Andrésen was watching him as an old man falling off a cliff during the ättestupa scene in Midsommar, followed by the all-too-gruesome moment of him having his skull smashed in…

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    ‘The Reason I Jump’: Seen Through the Eyes of a Critic and an Aspie

    by Ingrid Dendievel January 8, 2021
    by Ingrid Dendievel January 8, 2021

    Let’s start with a little bit of explanation. I guess that most of you are unfamiliar with the word “aspie”. It’s shorthand for Asperger’s Syndrome, which is a neurological disorder. Nowadays, Asperger’s is no longer…

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    ‘The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper’ Tells an American Outlaw Tale

    by Brian Connor November 27, 2020
    by Brian Connor November 27, 2020

    On November 24, 1971, D.B. Cooper jumped out of a plane with two hundred thousand dollars in ransom money and disappeared. Now, the phrase “living the dream” is thrown around a lot these days, but……

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    Herzog and Oppenheimer’s ‘Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds’ Finds the Link Between Science and Spirituality

    by Liam Trump November 19, 2020
    by Liam Trump November 19, 2020

    When looking at Werner Herzog’s filmography, it’s clear he’s made pretty much every type of film out there. He’s done historical epics, horror remakes, and even a Nicolas Cage crime drama. Recently, with the success…

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    Denver Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Women in Blue’

    by Nick Kush November 17, 2020
    by Nick Kush November 17, 2020

    It’s pretty safe to say our relationship to the police has forever changed in the wake of George Floyd’s death on May 25th. Although it goes without saying it should have never gotten to that point…

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    Denver Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘The Letter’

    by Nick Kush November 11, 2020
    by Nick Kush November 11, 2020

    We normally attribute accusations of witchcraft to the Salem witch trials, or some other time in the distant past that was more conducive to such barbaric measures. Little do we realize that many innocent people…

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    Middleburg Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Assassins’

    by Nick Kush October 28, 2020
    by Nick Kush October 28, 2020

    On February 13th, 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of Kim Jong-un, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia after being attacked with the VX nerve agent, an extremely toxic chemical that has…

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    Middleburg Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘MLK/FBI’

    by Nick Kush October 19, 2020
    by Nick Kush October 19, 2020

    For as much as Martin Luther King Jr. did for this country, it’s exasperating seeing the amount of effort the government put into trying to discredit him. As recently declassified documents show, the FBI began…

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    Middleburg Film Festival 2020 Review: ’76 Days’

    by Nick Kush October 17, 2020
    by Nick Kush October 17, 2020

    On January 23rd, a time that already feels like many, many lifetimes ago, Wuhan, China went under lockdown as the Coronavirus ravaged the region. Healthcare workers were left to play a deadly game of catch-up,…

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    ‘J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius’ Is a Guide To a Fun Kind of Weird

    by Brian Connor October 16, 2020
    by Brian Connor October 16, 2020

    America has always been a fertile ground for new movements and splinter groups. Heck, the Pilgrims were basically a church looking to — in the words of Bender Bending Rodriguez — start their own colony,…

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    Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Feels Good, Man’

    by Sean Coates August 18, 2020
    by Sean Coates August 18, 2020

    Back in 2005, American cartoonist Matt Furie created the popular webcomic, Boy’s Club. A re-creation of his halcyon days with his college roommates, Boy’s Club was composed of deadpan comic vignettes of 4 anthropomorphic humanoid…

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    ‘Boys State’ is a Fascinating Look at a Very American Event

    by Brian Connor August 11, 2020
    by Brian Connor August 11, 2020

    “The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever being one.” – Billy Connolly Since 1935, The American Legion has sponsored Boys State (and Girls State, which is somehow a separated…

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    MIFF 2020 Review: ‘Coded Bias’

    by Nick Kush August 7, 2020
    by Nick Kush August 7, 2020

    Movies have trained us not to trust AI. We’ll never forget seeing Hal 9000 lay waste to a group of astronauts; Skynet has threatened to destroy humanity so many times, it has become synonymous with…

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    2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 4

    by Nick Kush July 16, 2020
    by Nick Kush July 16, 2020

    Check out the rest of our coverage of the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Paradise Without People Even though the Syrian refugee crisis…

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    2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 3

    by Anna Campion July 15, 2020
    by Anna Campion July 15, 2020

    Check out the rest of our coverage of the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. The Walrus and the Whistleblower CW: Mentions of animal abuse Nathalie Bibeau’s portrait…

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    2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 2

    by Sean Coates July 15, 2020
    by Sean Coates July 15, 2020

    Read part 1 of our 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival coverage here. The Wheels of Wonder Play is a very important aspect of every child’s development. It gets them moving, stimulates their imagination, and helps…

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    2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 1

    by Lisa Geurts July 12, 2020
    by Lisa Geurts July 12, 2020

    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some film festivals have moved online. This allowed me to — despite being based in London — screen some of the slate in the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.  So,…

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    ‘Money Machine’: Disturbing and Sensational (Not in the Good Way)

    by Patricia Henderson July 11, 2020
    by Patricia Henderson July 11, 2020

    On the first day of October, 2017, tragedy struck in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the final night of Route 91 Harvest, an outdoor country music festival. An estimated 22,000 people were in attendance. At…

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    ‘The Painter and the Thief’ and the Relationship Between the Artist and Their Muse

    by Nick Kush May 29, 2020
    by Nick Kush May 29, 2020

    One of my deepest fascinations in film is when artists find a way to blur the line between art and reality. As I’ve said time and time again, meta readings of films are some of…

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    ‘Citizen K’ is an Urgent Document of Russian Discord and Putin’s Rise to Power

    by Nick Kush January 20, 2020
    by Nick Kush January 20, 2020

    In the ashes of the Soviet Union, Russia was looking for a makeover, ditching socialism in exchange for capitalism. It was supposed to signify a rebirth of sorts, a turning of the page for a…

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    ‘Moonlight Sonata’ Uses Deafness To Discuss Many Relatable Afflictions

    by Nick Kush October 17, 2019
    by Nick Kush October 17, 2019

    At this point, it’s a cliché to say how we take our most basic functions for granted. Hearing a loved one, having clarity of the mind, for instance. There’s also a reason why those kinds…

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    “Racism Stops With Me” – The Adam Goodes Story as Told by Two 2019 Documentaries

    by Sean Coates August 27, 2019
    by Sean Coates August 27, 2019

    Footballer. Advocate. Champion. Hero. Inspiration. All of these words could be used to describe former Indigenous Australian Footballer, Adam Goodes. A remarkable man whose work both on and off the football field has been an…

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