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The first in a series about the films of actress Teresa Wright (1918-2005).
Great performances and original music. A
A former psychiatric patient reviews Evil Genius and The Staircase.
The working class fantasy of A Hard Day's Night.
A horror film that just isn’t scary enough. B
The Italian Job turns the action movie into one long gag.
Paul Schrader’s film is a taut late career masterpiece. A
A send-up of feminism. B
Christopher Makoto Yogi's love letter to Hawaii.
Jerry Lewis’ morally hypocritical 1963 movie.
Right-hand man Leon Vitali is a fascinating conduit. B+
Breakfast at Tiffany's is sexworkersploitation.
Nostalgia, legend and history on UHF.
They’re losers.
Torn between thinking Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain is the best movie about bodybuilding and one of the worst things I’ve ever watched.
The film assumes the viewers are as thoroughly invested the topics as the subjects.
White feminism and Romancing the Stone.
The failed bourgeois respectability of Raising Arizona.
The ominous comedy of My Neighbor Totoro.
Teddy Kennedy loses his soul.
The live special is going to crush it.
11 years before The Return, the cast of Twin Peaks talk about the show, its production, and its impact over time.
NSFW. Directed by Daniel Limmer. Winner of the third annual 15 Second Horror Film Challenge. Check out the Top 20 playlist on YouTube. Via Boing Boing.
A one-minute short film about a doomsday prepper. Directed by Gaspar Palacio. Written by Robert J. Lee. Via Boing Boing.
A short promotional documentary from Brian Cross (B+) about Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley. Via NPR.
A short documentary from Entertain the Elk. Via Boing Boing.
ScreenCrush gives us an elaborate breakdown of the film's opening scene. Via The AV Club.
Using never-before-seen archival footage, director Brett Morgen has put together a stunning documentary about pioneering primatologist Jane Goodall. Via Boing Boing.
A short documentary from Joris Debeij about 14-year-old BMX rider Erik Aguilar. More from Uninterrupted. Via Short of the Week.
The latest from director Luca Guadagnino, based on the novel by André Aciman. Starring Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, and more. Call Me By Your Name features three new songs by Sufjan Stevens, one of which ("Mystery of Love") can be heard in the trailer below. Via Stereogum.