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Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Christy
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You know I love an underdog sports film. There are tons of them. It's basically its own genre, right? And boxing films - good grief - th...
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Keeper
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Keeper marks Osgood Perkins' seventh directorial feature. Trivia: he is the son of actor Anthony Perkins. I hadn't heard of Osgood u...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Tornado
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Want a period piece which feels like it was made by the lovechild of Akira Kurosawa and Sergio Leone and stars Tim Roth as the bad guy? Of c...
Monday, December 15, 2025
Reflection in a Dead Diamond
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When you go to a fancy restaurant and they make something like a deconstructed peanut-butter and jelly sandwich, you might get something whi...
Friday, December 12, 2025
The Baltimorons
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If John Cassavetes had ever gotten around to making a romantic Christmas movie, I feel like it would have looked very close to Jay Duplass...
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Gomorrah
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Criterion keeps educating me, keeps expanding my film knowledge, reaching around the globe. This time it has taken me to Naples, Italy. The ...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
The Ugly Stepsister
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Last year my favourite film was The Substance . If you haven't seen it, you really should. If you were to take it and mash it together w...
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