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Aug 10, 2023
Undead Again
Thrilling new horror pic dives deeply into the Dracula mystique
The Last Voyage of the Demeter doesn’t look, sound or feel like most of today’s horror movies. As conceived by director André Øverdahl and writers and technicians working...
Aug 9, 2023
Look Familiar?
Rom-com deluxe ‘Shortcomings’ has more than tribal identity on its mind
Shortcomings began life as a graphic novel by popular cartoonist Adrian Tomine (Killing and Dying, Optic Nerve), and he wrote its screenplay as well—as directed by TV...
Aug 2, 2023
Odd Man Out
Vacation goes from bad to worse in Afire
A summer vacation by the seashore doesn’t seem to be working out for the two men in Christian Petzold’s new film Afire. Leon (Thomas Schubert) and his friend Felix (Langston...
Jul 26, 2023
World Destroyer
Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is some degree of masterpiece
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer is a fine excuse to study the workings of power in the U.S. Nuclear physicist Oppenheimer is generally credited with orchestrating the development of the first...
Jul 26, 2023
Dollhouse Delirium
Best-selling Barbie doll triggers a pink geyser of money
So intense has been the publicity/advertising run-up to the Warner/Mattel candy-mobile Barbie that less wary members of its prospective audience may wonder what makes it worth the hype. What’s so special about a...
Jul 25, 2023
Barbie vs. The Bomb
A pink geyser of money (Barbie) and the story of the A-bomb’s father (Oppenheimer)
So intense has been the publicity/advertising run-up to the Warner/Mattel candy-mobile Barbie that less wary members of its prospective audience may wonder what makes...