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Classic Movie Review: ‘Ivan’s Childhood’ Obliterates Innocence

Directors: Andrei Tarkovsky and Eduard AbaloyWriters: Vladimir Bogomolov, Mikhail Papava, and Andrei TarkovskyStars: Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov Synopsis: During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic...

Movie Review (Middleburg 2023): ‘American Symphony’ Explores Traveling Through Pain Together

Director: Matthew HeinemanStars: Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad Synopsis: Explores a year in the life of musician Jon Batiste. Jon Batiste is someone that a general audience would know as the bandleader of The Late...

Movie Review (Middleburg 2023): ‘American Fiction’ is a Perfect Balance

Director: Cord JeffersonWriters: Cord Jefferson and Percival EverettStars: Jeffrey Wright, Skyler Wright, John Ales Synopsis: A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write...

Movie Review: ‘Fallen Leaves’ Walks Us Through The Darkness

Director: Aki KaurismäkiWriter: Aki KaurismäkiStars: Alma Pöystim, Jussi Vatanen, Alina Tomnikov Synopsis: In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to...

Criterion Releases: November 2023

For the penultimate month of 2023, Criterion is bringing in a new classic by Martin Scorsese and Claude Chabrol, but also has three contemporary films all released in 2022. All from different...

Movie Review (Middleburg Film Festival): ‘The Holdovers’ Humanizes Our Flaws

Director: Alexander PayneWriter: David HemingsonStars: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa Synopsis: A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a...

Movie Review: ‘The Killer’ is Fincher’s Return to Genre

Director: David FincherWriters: Andrew Kevin Walker, Alexis Nolent, and Luc JacamonStars: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell Synopsis: After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt...

Movie Review: ‘Pain Hustlers’ is of Almost No Substance

Director: David YatesWriters: Wells Tower and Evan HughesStars: Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O'Hara Synopsis: Liza dreams of a better life for herself and her daughter. Hired to work for a bankrupt pharmaceutical...

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