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Movie Review (Raindance): ‘Stardust’ is Lacking in Music, Heart and Soul

Director: Gabriel Range Writer: Christopher Bell, Gabriel Range Stars: Johnny Flynn, Marc Maron, Jena Malone Synopsis: Stardust chronicles the young David Bowie’s first visit to the US in 1971 – a trip that inspired the...

Movie Review: ‘Pixie’ Is a Fun but Convoluted Irish Heist Caper

Director: Barnaby Thompson Writer: Preston Thompson Stars: Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy, Daryl McCormack, Colm Meaney, Alec Baldwin Synopsis: To avenge her mother's death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take...

Movie Review (Raindance): ‘Here Are the Young Men’ is a Tough, Mostly Important Watch

Director: Eoin Macken Writer: Rob Doyle, Eoin Macken Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Dean-Charles Chapman, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo Synopsis: Dublin teenagers Matthew, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum of drinking and drugs,...

Classic Film Review: ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ Illustrates the Politician We Deserve

The year was 1939. Hitler was in power, Britain just declared war with Germany, and the United States was playing jump rope with the possibility of going to war. So upon hearing...

Movie Review (LFF): ‘Striding Into The Wind’ is a Tender Insight Into Post-Modern China

Director: Shujun Wei Writer: Gao Linyang, Shujun Wei Stars: Zheng Ying Chen, Tong Lin Kai, Wang Xiaomu Synopsis: An aimless film school student goes on an ambling road trip across China in a rickety old...

Classic Film Review: ‘The Candidate’ is an Eerily-Relevant 1970s Satire

Shortly after I watched The Candidate for the second time in a month, I watched the final presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Though the debate in the film is...

Movie Review: Kristin Scott Thomas’ Sinister Performance is Not Enough to Save ‘Rebecca’

Director: Ben Wheatley Writer: Joe Shrapnel, Jane Goldman, Anna Waterhouse Stars: Lily James, Armie Hammer, and Kristin Scott Thomas Synopsis: A young newlywed arrives at her husband's imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds...

Movie Review: ‘Collective’ Looks into Governments Collapsing Journalistic Credibility

Director: Alexander Nanau Writer: Alexander Nanau, Antoaneta Opris Stars: Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag, Catalin Tolontan Synopsis: Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to...

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