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    New York Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘Mutzenbacher’

    by James Y. Lee October 7, 2022
    by James Y. Lee October 7, 2022

    An expansive, white-walled studio. A camera crew helmed by director Ruth Beckermann. A lavish, pink-red sofa that’s previously been used for erotic films. And 100 men, aged from 16 all the way to 99, who…

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    ‘Cry Macho’: Age Is Not a Deterrent

    by Chris van Dijk September 20, 2021
    by Chris van Dijk September 20, 2021

    The production background of Cry Macho spans nearly five decades. The screenplay had been kicking around in the early seventies. After numerous studio rejections, screenwriter N. Richard Nash revamped the script into novel form. The…

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    ‘Small Engine Repair’: Male Comradery Taken to Amusingly Dark Extremes

    by Chris van Dijk September 10, 2021
    by Chris van Dijk September 10, 2021

    A common complaint regarding movies based on plays is that they feel like exactly that: a play made into a movie. Detractors often cite the transition from stage to screen as being too noticeable, remarking…

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  • DramaReviews

    ‘The Killing of Two Lovers’: An Undercooked Yet Intermittently Effective Character Study

    by Richard Keaney May 16, 2021
    by Richard Keaney May 16, 2021

    David, a husband and father of four desperately attempts to keep his family intact during a tense separation from his wife in The Killing of Two Lovers. The couple agrees to see other people, but…

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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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    Netflix’s ‘The Occupant’ is an Uncommonly Intelligent, Gripping Thriller

    by Brian Connor March 27, 2020
    by Brian Connor March 27, 2020

    After last week’s The Platform, Netflix continues something of a roll for Spanish releases with David and Àlex Pastor’s The Occupant, a viscerally dark meditation on masculinity and status in an increasingly precarious world. (And…

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  • DramaReviews

    ‘True History of the Kelly Gang’: A Subversive Dismantling of Masculinity and an Australian Icon

    by Sean Coates February 2, 2020
    by Sean Coates February 2, 2020

    The infamous Victorian Bushranger, Edward ‘Ned’ Kelly is arguably Australia’s most controversial historical figure. A 19th-century outlaw, thief, and murderer that in equal measure has been both condemned as a villain and mythologized as a…

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    2019 Denver Film Festival Short Film Reviews

    by Alessandro Louly November 16, 2019
    by Alessandro Louly November 16, 2019

    Here are some reviews for a few short films featured at the 2019 Denver Film Festival: How to Breathe in Kern County In Kern County, the workday has begun. Fruit pickers harvest the lush red…

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    Film Review – The Art of Self-Defense (2019)

    by Nick Kush July 23, 2019
    by Nick Kush July 23, 2019

    Whether you’re looking at your Twitter feed, scrolling through an article, or even aimlessly walking by the TV as pundits discuss the day’s news, it’s difficult to escape the notion of toxic masculinity. The term…

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  • Retrospectives

    The 50th Anniversary of ‘The Wild Bunch’: Born to Fade Away

    by Chris van Dijk June 18, 2019
    by Chris van Dijk June 18, 2019

    I remember hearing about a potential upcoming remake of The Wild Bunch, starring Will Smith. Without a doubt, Will Smith’s involvement made the prospect even more grotesque. Remember, this is the same guy who asked…

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