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Review: French Absurdist Quentin Dupieux Returns with a Silly, Satisfying Satire in Smoking Causes Coughing

There is nothing quite like heading into the creative mind of Quentin Dupieux, a filmmaker known for quirky, sharp indies like Rubber, about a homicidal car tire, and Deerskin, about […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • March 31, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Mother and Son Attempt to Forge New Futures in A Thousand and One, to Devastating Effect

    A work filled with secrets and lies, but also hard truths that seem like a dare to those in the film to survive and even thrive, first-time feature writer/director A.V. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 31, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Tetris Pieces Together the Complicated Origin Story of the Classic Video Game

    Born in the Netherlands, schooled in the United States, and living in Japan in the late 1980s, video game licenser Hank Rogers (Taron Egerton) doesn’t exactly seem like the most […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 31, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Leans into Nerddom, Nostalgia and Humor for an Epic Adventure

    I’m sure a lot of people who review this latest attempt at a Dungeons & Dragons movie are going to feel the need to tell you their history with the […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 31, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A Grown Daughter Searches for Her Father, Who Searches for Aliens, in Acidman

    If you’ve ever thought a film about an older man desperately trying to make contact with alien life forms should be a metaphor for his daughter’s attempt to make contact […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 31, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Unheard Offers More Psychological Thrills than Stabby, Scary Ones

    From director Jeffrey A. Brown (The Beach House) and the writers of Crawl and John Carpenter’s The Ward, Michael Rasmussen and Shawn Rasmussen, comes The Unheard, the story of a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 31, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Lena Olin and Tora Hallström on Hilma, Playing the Same Character, Speaking with Spirits and Finding the Science in Art

    When filmmaker Lasse Hallström (Chocolat, The Cider House Rules, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape) prepares to release a new film, people tend to take notice, especially when the prolific director who […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 24, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Though it Lacks Dramatic Tension, Zach Braff’s A Good Person Features Some Good Acting

    As a writer/director, Zach Braff tends toward the lighter side of dramas with works like Garden State and Wish I Was Here, but with his latest effort, A Good Person, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 24, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: In John Wick: Chapter 4 the Assassin Turns Superhero, with Action Scenes (and a Runtime) to Match

    I’ve long given up on trying to recall or understand the mythology behind the John Wick movies. I kind of remember that the 2014 original was the decidedly simple story […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 24, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Disaster Movie Supercell Is Its Own Kind of Unmitigated Mess, If You’re Into That Kind of Thing

    For reasons I’ll never understand, I have a deep affection for bad disaster movies, and in any given month, there are an assortment to choose from. Because I know I […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 17, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Clunky Family Drama Wildflower Benefits from Kiernan Shipka’s Youthful Talent

    From director Matt Smukler comes an unusual coming-of-age drama about a teenage girl named Bea Johnson (real first name: Bambi, played by Kiernan Shipka), who opens the film in a […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 17, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: The Magician’s Elephant Boasts a Top Notch Cast, but Fails to Cast a Spell

    Netflix had a banner year for animated films in 2022, including the Oscar-nominated The Sea Beast and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, which ended up with the Academy Award for Best […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • March 17, 2023
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