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All posts by Lauren Wilford
Hell Is For Real In “Deliver Us From Evil”
Horror movies seem to always go through an awkward warmup phase in the first 10 to 15 minutes. The audience has to be willing to move past whatever initial preposterousness presents itself— monsters, ghosts, evil spirits, creepy whisper kids, and hackneyed car...
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“The Moment” Can’t Get Its Story Straight
Note. The Moment opens this weekend at the Sundance Sunset in West Hollywood. There will be Q&As with writer/director Jane Weinstock, producer Julia Eisenman, and producer Gloria Norris after the 7:30 p.m. shows on 6/20 and 6/21.
The Moment is one of th...
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“Obvious Child”: A Different Kind Of Pregnancy Comedy
Writer-director Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child is a very funny romantic comedy that centers on the issue of an abortion. Depending on where you stand, this is the kind of subversive entertainment we are finally allowed to have in 2014— or, conversely, thi...
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“Adult World”: The Millennial Plight
In a moment of crisis late in Adult World, 22-year-old protagonist Amy finds herself flinging books at her mentor and screaming: "I AM SPECIAL! I GOT GOOD GRADES! I SCORED IN THE 97TH PERCENTILE ON MY SAT’S, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!" The tantrum is silly in the ut...
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‘The Truth About Emanuel’: She’s the Worst
Writer/director Francesca Gregorini’s The Truth About Emanuel is a psychological thriller about the ricocheting effects of a mother's death in childbirth. It focuses on the strange attraction between a seventeen-year-old girl named Emanuel and her new neighbor...
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