Human history is cyclical. The new Netflix documentary, Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate, is both a reflection of the past and a warning about the future. In the 1920s and 1930s in Berlin, the Eldorado was one of the most prominent LGBTQ clubs in …
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DocumentaryReviews
Speer Goes to Hollywood’ Is an Intriguing Documentary That Doesn’t Answer all of its Questions
by Ingridjeby IngridjeIf you have never heard about Albert Speer, this documentary is a great introduction to his life. He grew up in a bourgeois family and studied architecture and eventually became a confidant of Hitler. He …
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Mutations. Zombies. Mutilation. Violence. Disease. Contagion. Transformation. These are some of the elements of the subgenre called “body horror”. You might think that this is a recent phenomenon. But nothing could be further from the …
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ComedyReviews
Taika Waititi is Channeling His Softer (But Still Zany) Side in ‘Jojo Rabbit’
by Nick Kushby Nick KushSo far in his career, Taika Waititi has essentially told two kinds of stories: ones that are nothing but unabashedly goofy chaos (think What We Do in the Shadows or Thor: Ragnarok) or a coming-of-age …
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Retrospectives
Why ‘The Last Crusade’ is Still the Best Indiana Jones Movie
by Jen Seggioby Jen SeggioIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade turns 30 this summer. It’s still hailed as one of Spielberg’s most fun films and the perfect end to an iconic trilogy (that Crystal Skull thing was a mass …
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Legendary film critic Roger Ebert once said, “…movies are like a machine that generates empathy.” That movies make us care about people and situations we may never have known about otherwise. This quote often comes …
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Every genre has at least one defining film that comes to mind when thinking of or discussing the genre. When one thinks of Holocaust films, there one film that automatically comes to mind: Schindler’s List. …
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