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    London Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘My Policeman’

    by Bethany Lola November 1, 2022
    by Bethany Lola November 1, 2022

    My Policeman is an adaptation of Bethan Roberts’ 2012 novel of the same name which is primarily set on the backdrop of the sometimes sunny seaside town Brighton in 1957 (with 1990s flash-forwards set in…

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    The Perfect Spider-Man Movie?

    by Kali Tuttle July 21, 2022
    by Kali Tuttle July 21, 2022

    After a recent rewatch of The Amazing Spider-Man, I have decided that, while I think Tom Holland is still the best Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield may be on the same level. The Amazing Spider-Man, which hit the big screen ten…

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    ‘That Touch of Mink’ Flirts with the Hays Code

    by Kali Tuttle July 17, 2022
    by Kali Tuttle July 17, 2022

    That Touch of Mink is essentially a big euphemism. In the waning days of the Hays Code — the morality guidelines ruling over Hollywood from 1934 to 1968 — That Touch of Mink tiptoed around the rules like…

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    ‘About a Boy’ Is About All Kinds of Relationships

    by Kali Tuttle June 23, 2022
    by Kali Tuttle June 23, 2022

    Strangely, About a Boy strays from the romance category and embraces a whole catalog of love. The Weitz brothers — Paul and Chris Weitz — don’t limit the film to the romantic side of love, a…

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    ‘A Walk to Remember’ Will Make You Cry (If You Want To or Not)

    by Kali Tuttle March 11, 2022
    by Kali Tuttle March 11, 2022

    I am the youngest of three older sisters, so you can imagine the emotions that ran rampant in our household. I vividly remember watching A Walk to Remember with my sisters several times throughout my 2000s…

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    ‘The English Patient’ Is a Villain Origin Story

    by Kali Tuttle December 3, 2021
    by Kali Tuttle December 3, 2021

    Ralph Fiennes excels at playing villains, even when he isn’t necessarily trying to. The English Patient is a good example of this. Even though Laszlo de Almásy (Fiennes) is our main character that we should sympathize with,…

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    New York Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Parallel Mothers’

    by James Y. Lee October 10, 2021
    by James Y. Lee October 10, 2021

    To discuss Pedro Almodóvar is to acknowledge not just the transgressive streak of his early filmography, but also the post-Julieta change of pace that the Spanish auteur has undergone with his latest few works. With…

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    The ‘Drive’ Cult

    by Kali Tuttle October 1, 2021
    by Kali Tuttle October 1, 2021

    You never really know what you’re in for when you watch Drive. You think it’s a movie about crime, then it becomes a slow-burning journey of self-discovery, then it’s a romance, then it’s back to a crime…

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    New York Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Hester Street’

    by James Y. Lee September 27, 2021
    by James Y. Lee September 27, 2021

    It’s only fitting that New York City‘s biggest film festival has chosen to premiere Cohen Film Collection’s new 4K restoration of Joan Micklin Silver’s Hester Street — a film so obviously tied to the city’s legacy…

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    Spend Your Summer With Éric Rohmer

    by Bethany Lola July 24, 2021
    by Bethany Lola July 24, 2021

    Picture yourself in the midst of a sunflower field on a hot summer’s day, surrounded by friends, with a glass of wine. That’s what it feels like to explore Éric Rohmer’s filmography. It’s a breath…

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    Adaptation Evaluation: ‘Martin Eden’

    by David Ober March 9, 2021
    by David Ober March 9, 2021

    Even if you’ve never actually read anything by Jack London, likely you’re familiar with his two most famous novels, The Call of the Wild and White Fang, which have both been adapted into films a…

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    The Last Hurrah of ‘The Misfits’

    by Kali Tuttle February 15, 2021
    by Kali Tuttle February 15, 2021

    The Misfits is quite an obscure little movie. Despite it being the last performance for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, it isn’t talked about quite enough. Many people most likely don’t even know it exists.…

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    What Would You Do if You Forgot the One You Love? Exploring a Memory-Loss Pandemic in ‘Little Fish’

    by Bethany Lola February 6, 2021
    by Bethany Lola February 6, 2021

    In a world where a pandemic has broken out (imagine that!), Emma (Olivia Cooke) and Jude (Jack O’Connell) must figure out how to hold onto their memories of each other as their thoughts begin to…

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    ‘Malcolm & Marie”s Stunning Performances Elevate a Lackluster Screenplay

    by George Clark February 4, 2021
    by George Clark February 4, 2021

    Sam Levinson’s lockdown project Malcolm & Marie will go down as one of the most divisive movies this year. Starring the incredible Zendaya as Marie and John David Washington as Malcolm, the film is based…

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    A Decade Since ‘No Strings Attached’ and ‘Friends with Benefits’: A Look Back on the Thirstiest of Twin Films

    by Zoe Dowsett January 23, 2021
    by Zoe Dowsett January 23, 2021

    The film industry is renowned for being risk-averse. Slews of sequels, live-action remakes, and established property adaptions dominate release slates every year. There’s an understandable eagerness of studios to churn out bankable films, especially when…

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    ‘Locked Down’ Is a Time Capsule that Should Stay Buried for a While

    by Brady Sanders January 16, 2021
    by Brady Sanders January 16, 2021

    In just a few years, director Doug Liman plans to go into outer space and film a movie with Tom Cruise. Yet somehow, that still won’t be the most ambitious film Liman’s ever tackled. Rather,…

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    ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Beats ‘Pride and Prejudice’ In My Book

    by Kali Tuttle December 12, 2020
    by Kali Tuttle December 12, 2020

    Sense and Sensibility (1995) is what Pride and Prejudice (2005) wishes it was. Unfortunately, Pride cannot even hope to outshine the candor of Sense and Sensibility.  Like Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility revolves around female characters and their relationships, specifically with male…

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    I Love the Dialogue in ‘The American President’

    by Kali Tuttle November 14, 2020
    by Kali Tuttle November 14, 2020

    I’m a sucker for Aaron Sorkin, so when I heard that The American President would be turning 25 years old this year, I knew I had to hop on here and let you all know how much…

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  • ReviewsRomance

    Middleburg Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Sylvie’s Love’

    by Nick Kush October 18, 2020
    by Nick Kush October 18, 2020

    A multi-year romance set in the 1950s Harlem jazz scene starring Tessa Thompson? Sounds promising, right? Eugene Ashe’s Sylvie’s Love has so many things going for it, following Thompson as the bright-eyed, ambitious Sylvie who begins…

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    The Cognitive Dissonance Within ‘A Rainy Day in New York’

    by B Peterson October 12, 2020
    by B Peterson October 12, 2020

    Oh look, that new Woody Allen film is finally coming out in the States, the one with Timothée Chalamet and Selena Gomez. Huh. Guess it’d be interesting to review that, to see if it’s any…

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  • DramaReviews

    London Film Festival 2020 Review: ‘Supernova’

    by Ash Sivakumar October 9, 2020
    by Ash Sivakumar October 9, 2020

    Much as its title would suggest, Supernova is a burst of emotions, a catastrophically gradual decline towards poignant devastation. Harry Macqueen’s film, which premiered at this year’s San Sebastián International Film Festival, tells the intimate,…

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  • ReviewsRomance

    ‘Song Lang’ Follows a Familiar and Beautiful Tune

    by B Peterson October 9, 2020
    by B Peterson October 9, 2020

    You’d think that after Portrait of a Lady on Fire, we wouldn’t need romances, or even narrative films, anymore. I mean, Céline Sciamma has kinda been there and conquered that. Be that as it may,…

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  • Retrospectives

    Did ‘Catfish’ Open our Eyes to the Risks of Online Dating?

    by Cammy Madden September 17, 2020
    by Cammy Madden September 17, 2020

    It’s been 10 years since the release of Catfish. Since then, we’ve watched as society’s view of internet dating has flipped. At one time, finding a partner online was essentially considered a final resort for…

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    ‘Love, Guaranteed’ — Entertained? YMMV

    by Brian Connor September 3, 2020
    by Brian Connor September 3, 2020

    How bad is Love, Guaranteed? Well, this is what’s displayed before the end credits:   While you’re busy throwing up, I’ll watch a cat video for a bit.   Love, Guaranteed opens with Rachael Leigh Cook’s…

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    MIFF 2020 Review: ‘No Hard Feelings’

    by Anna Campion August 11, 2020
    by Anna Campion August 11, 2020

    Call Me By Your Name, a gay coming-of-age romance, blew people away in 2017. I had not seen a film that touched me with a gay male protagonist so much until I watched No Hard…

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  • DramaReviews

    ‘Summerland’: Anticipating Grief

    by Anna Campion August 8, 2020
    by Anna Campion August 8, 2020

    World War II was as far-reaching as its name would suggest. Not only did soldiers and civilians die, but their friends, families, and even hometown acquaintances were all affected by this devastating war. Summerland highlights…

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  • Top 10 Lists

    Top 10 Cutest Movies

    by Kali Tuttle June 20, 2020
    by Kali Tuttle June 20, 2020

    Do you like cute things? I like cute things. I think cute things are just the cutest. Today, we are going to be focusing on some of the cutest movies ever. Before we start, let’s…

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    Quarantine Staff Picks: Part 11

    by The MovieBabble Staff June 18, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff June 18, 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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  • Features

    ‘Mädchen in Uniform’: It’s Okay To Be Gay

    by Anna Campion June 12, 2020
    by Anna Campion June 12, 2020

    Writer’s Note: the following discussion of Mädchen in Uniform includes brief mentions of suicide. I originally started this article about how important it is for bigots and homophobes to be exposed to media that represents lives…

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    ‘Love. Wedding. Repeat’…Sigh, Yawn, Frown

    by Brian Connor April 12, 2020
    by Brian Connor April 12, 2020

    Romcoms generally exist in a world unlike ours. That’s to be expected, people like a bit of escapism. There’s nothing wrong with that. Especially at the moment, 90 minutes in a world of charming, attractive,…

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