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“Still Life”
The title of writer, director, and producer Uberto Pasolini's new film Still Life is the key to its storytelling. Taking it literally, Pasolini's direction echoes the title of the film. He allows this story to unfold in quiet compositions of a small, mannered ...
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“Appropriate Behavior”
Appropriate Behavior begins with a small declaration of priorities. As Shirin (Desiree Akhavan) takes the last of her boxes out of her ex-girlfriend’s apartment, drops them into the nearest dumpster, sees a strap-on in the top box, and decides to take it with ...
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“Still Alice”
I’ve been hearing for a while now that it’s Julianne Moore’s year. If you ask me, every year should be Julianne Moore’s year, but nevertheless, this is the conventional wisdom being passed around by those who make their living spending an unseemly amount of ti...
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“Giuseppe Makes A Movie”
In the late 1990s, Giuseppe Andrews was a steadily employed child actor who you might remember from Independence Day, assuming you remember anything from it all; I’m stumped. Before accidentally tripping into show business, Andrews lived with his father Ed – a...
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“Little Accidents”
The title of director Sara Colangelo’s feature debut, Little Accidents, is both misleading and perfectly appropriate. Most of its events are far from “little” in their impact, yet they stem from split-second, completely innocuous choices. The decisions that se...
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“Match”
It’s not uncommon for popular culture to remind us that we only have one shot at life, so we should be sure to live it to the fullest. The truest sentiments are often the most clichéd, however, and it’s hard to express that these days without coming across as ...
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“It’s All So Quiet”
It’s a snapshot of pastoral life: the isolation, the hard work, the repetition, the lack of tech wrappings, and the rushed schedules. It’s All So Quiet is a perfect title to a less-than-rosy picture of a modern-day farmer. Helmer (Jeroen Willems) is a rough ma...
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“Loitering with Intent”
Ivan Martin and Michael Godere, the co-leads, co-writers, and co-producers of the new indie film Loitering with Intent, risk a dangerous amount of goodwill in the construction of their story. Playing what feels like an almost entirely autobiographical duo--Mar...
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“Medeas”
Arthouse fare nestled within the American heartland is, and probably always shall be, considered Terrence Malick's territory. Hence early analogies drawn between Andrea Pallaoro’s excellent debut, Medeas, and the American maestro's works, currently enjoying a ...
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“Taken 3”
Taken 3 is a movie in which no one's really taken. At least not in the fashion of Taken and Taken 2: you know, someone gets kidnapped and then resident badass Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) shows the abductors all. No one in Taken 3 seems to have any “particular se...
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