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Friday, April 30, 2021

Prodigal Daughter: FOUR GOOD DAYS

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Remember Beautiful Boy ? It was an under-seen tough-minded little drama from a few years ago that followed a loving father (Steve Carell) tr...
Saturday, April 24, 2021

Fatal Flaw: MORTAL KOMBAT

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Here’s the thing about Mortal Kombat : it’s really boring. Maybe it always has been. My fond memories of the original game extend solely to ...
Sunday, April 18, 2021

Her Story: QUO VADIS, AIDA?

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Bosnian writer-director Jasmila Žbanić’s Quo Vadis, Aida ? is a work of astonishing intensity and riveting despair. It takes a heartrendingl...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Fishy: WHAT LIES BELOW and MY OCTOPUS TEACHER

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What Lies Below is what happens when the Netflix front page becomes the assignment editor for entertainment sections all over the web. It’s...
Monday, April 12, 2021

Myth, Legend, Man: HEMINGWAY

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Ernest Hemingway was only a man, after all. How’s that for a lede Hemingway himself might’ve enjoyed? For a writer interested in masculinity...
Sunday, April 4, 2021

Promising Young Women: SHIVA BABY
and THE CRAFT: LEGACY

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Shiva Baby is so drenched in social anxiety — not to mention family obligations, professional frustrations, and sexual tension — that one c...
Friday, April 2, 2021

Learned Behavior: OPERATION VARSITY BLUES

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Through the lens of the recent massive college admissions scandal, Operation Varsity Blues tracks the current state of American meritocracy...
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