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All posts by Mallory Andrews
“Antarctica: A Year On Ice”
It’s difficult to classify just what Antarctica: A Year on Ice is trying to be. Stationed on the desolate continent, satellite engineer (and now documentarian) Anthony Powell built up an arsenal of weather-modified cameras to capture the reality of living an e...
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“The Better Angels”
It may have been a disservice to A.J. Edwards to be marketed as Terrence Malick’s “creative protégé” in the promotional material for his first feature, The Better Angels. A better tack may have been to let Edwards' retelling of the childhood of Abraham Lincoln...
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“St. Vincent”
During the post-screening Q&A of the world premiere of St. Vincent at the Toronto International Film Festival, Bill Murray joked that the only reason first-time director Theodore Melfi cast him as the lead was because “Jack Nicholson wasn’t available.” At ...
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“The Two Faces of January”
There’s something refreshing about new movies that rehash classic genres without feeling the need to have a clever spin on the tried-and-true formula. As far as thrillers go, The Two Faces of January may lack in flashy gimmicks or post-modern twists, but has s...
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“I Am Eleven” An Inoffensive, Lazy New Documentary Six Years in the Making
Far be it from me to claim being the ultimate authority on the subject, but when distinguishing between good and bad documentaries, so much popular consensus falls short. The subject matter and engaging “performances” by its subjects can do much to uphold othe...
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“My Old Lady” A Largely Forgettable Endeavor In Spite of Its Cast
Dame Maggie Smith does the courtesy of giving us fair warning in the opening minutes of My Old Lady of her character’s introduction: “I’m 90,” she portents. “Subtlety is no longer something that interests me.” Nor too does it appear to interest Israel Horovitz...
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