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“The Mafia Only Kills in Summer”
“Nun sacciu, non vidi, nun ceru, e si ceru, durmivu”, the old Sicilian adage tells us; “I know nothing, I didn’t see anything, I wasn’t there, and if I was there, I was sleeping.” Had the sage responsible for concocting this well-worn proverb been fonder of br...
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AFI Fest Review: “Felt”
Felt might be more vitally of the moment than any other film that people aren't likely to see (though it\ was picked up by Amplify out of AFI, so fingers crossed). Right now, a very necessary conversation about rape culture and the myriad ways that society is ...
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Blu-Ray Review: “Trafic”
(Part of The Complete Jacques Tati)
Distributor: The Criterion Collection
Release Date: October 28, 2014
MSRP: $124.95
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Film: B+ / Video: A / Audio: A / Extras: C-
Traffic is a car’s default state of life, or so Jacques Tati’s Playtime fol...
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AFI Fest Review: “Girlhood”
There’s a moment around two-thirds of the way through Girlhood where it seems as though the movie is winding up. It isn't. In fact, it goes on for another 30-40 minutes. But every single event that takes place in that time is redundant, in light of what the fi...
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AFI Fest Review: “Wild Tales”
Six films, six twisted tales of vengeance. An Argentine anthology film with a dark sense of humor and a gruesome streak, Damian Szifron's Wild Tales links its six vignettes together through a single, common theme: revenge. Not revenge in the grand, Shakespeare...
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AFI Fest Review: “The Tribe”
At the post-screening Q&A for The Tribe, one Concerned Citizen asked director Miroslav Slaboshpitsky whether deaf people might take the film as an unflattering depiction of their culture. Which immediately calls to mind the similar complaint that a Sundanc...
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AFI Announces Their Top 10 Films and TV Shows for 2013
The American Film Institute has announced their choices for the best in Film and Television for 2013. 12 Years A Slave, Gravity, and Her continue their dominance in the inclusion on best of lists. Surprisingly neither Dallas Buyers Club or The Butler made the ...
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AFI Fest Review: ‘We Are the Best!’
It's 1982, and punk is dead. But a trio of preteen girls decides that they'll keep its spirit alive.
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AFI Fest Review: ‘Moebius’
Moebius seems like the purest distillation of everything that Ki-duk Kim is as a filmmaker. It's completely without dialogue, tears through taboos like the Kool-Aid Man through tissue paper, and sticks itself in your mind like a difficult thorn. It's the kind ...
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AFI Fest 2013 Jury and Audience Winners
The AFI Fest wrapped up over the last few days and many Oscar hopefuls were showcased. On the other hand, the foreign films walked home with most of the award consideration.
The Australia foreign film entry for this years Oscars, The Rocket, walked home wit...
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