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Movie Review: ‘Blue Bayou’ Shows Promising Work from Justin Chon

Director: Justin Chon Writers: Justin Chon Stars: Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark O’Brien Synopsis: As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront...

Criterion Crunch Time: ‘2046’

The Criterion Channel is particularly focused on, maybe even more so than other boutique labels and streaming services, the oeuvre of specific directors. Whatever your thoughts on high minded film topics like...

Top Ten: Sean Bean Essentials

Superb television such as Sharpe, Lady Chatterley, and Game of Thrones or cameos and tent poles like GoldenEye and Lord of the Rings aside; Sean Bean has been smirking, cursing, and dying...

Poll: What biopic had the best makeup effects?

Biopics are often notorious for a couple of things - Wikipedia-style storytelling, and excessive amounts of makeup. The results are sometimes cringeworthy (cough...J. Edgar...cough), but in the cases that aren't, we cannot...

Creating a Gothic Awakening – Interview with TO KILL THE BEAST Director Agustina San Martín

Having its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, the Argentine film To Kill the Beast takes us into a surreal journey filled with evocative imagery under a gothic atmosphere....

The Complexities of Understanding Your Past – Interview with ‘Comala’ Director Gian Cassini

In the Mexican documentary Comala, filmmaker Gian Cassini does a deep dive into his own past to investigate the life and death of a Tijuana hitman nicknamed ‘El Jimmy,’ a man who...

Op-Ed: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions – ‘Way Down East’ (#71)

I will be watching and reviewing all of the films included on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Passions list. The list contains the 100 greatest love stories in American cinema and I plan to...

Poll: What is Oscar Isaac’s best performance?

Serious question, who doesn't love Oscar Isaac? Whether it be as Poe Dameron, Llewyn Davis, or sniffing Jessica Chastain's arm at the Venice Film Festival, the Guatemalan-born actor is both a talent...

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