Despite nestling into the role of this generation’s it girl, Sydney Sweeney has always struck me as someone who is completely in control of her career. Each choice is a clear effort to buck against…
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DocumentaryReviews
Melbourne International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Hopper/Welles’
by Sean Coatesby Sean CoatesIt was November of 1970. Dennis Hopper, hot off the success of his counterculture masterpiece Easy Rider and deep into post-production of his second feature, The Last Movie travels from Taos, New Mexico to Los Angeles…
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DocumentaryReviews
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Enemies of the State’
by James Y. Leeby James Y. LeeTake one look at, say, Netflix’s vast documentary catalog, and you’ll instantly realize that the true-crime documentary genre has found itself in a state of oversaturation. From the litany of same-ish docs on streaming services…
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DramaReviews
‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Redefines the Black Panther Party
by Aubrey McKayby Aubrey McKayAdmitting you don’t know something is hard. Especially in a time when so much information is readily available. Admitting your ignorance can leave you feeling on the outside of the pseudointellectual social media landscape. An…
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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…