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David Lynch and the Unknowable
After being called the wisest person in all of Athens, Socrates is said to have been confused since he was absolutely convinced he knew...
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Dec 31, 202410 min read
24 Best Movies of 2024
Despite what many of my fellow critics have said, I think this was a fantastic year for film. With 2025 proposing many new challenges,...
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Dec 26, 20243 min read
Santosh (2024) Review
When the titular character’s husband dies in Sandhya Suri’s narrative-feature debut, she must take his job as a police constable to avoid...
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Dec 6, 20246 min read
Exclusive Interview with Flow (2024) Director Gints Zilbalodis
With many notable wins on the festival circuit complimenting a Best International Feature nomination, Flow has quickly become one of the...
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Nov 23, 20245 min read
Interview with Andrea Calao
Something I really appreciate about the Austin Film Festival is how many different types of movies one can encounter while attending....
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Nov 19, 20245 min read
Small Things Like These (2024) Review
Claire Keegan’s transcendent novelette feels like one of those books that’d pose serious challenges for adaptation. While its...
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Oct 30, 20246 min read
Austin Film Festival: Interview with John August
Twenty-five years ago, John August’s first script was made into a film. Directed and shot by Doug Liman, Go  is a wild ride following a...
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Oct 25, 20244 min read
Dahomey (2024) Review
In A Dying Colonialism , Frantz Fanon details the cultural and political changes that emerged from the Algerians’ rejection of French...
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Oct 14, 20245 min read
Interview with Union Producer Mars Verrone
When Amazon's first labor union was established, workers around not just the US, but the world were given a spark of hope in times when...
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Oct 10, 20244 min read
All We Imagine as Light (2024) Review
I became very excited to see Payal Kapadia’s newest offering after it gained so much acclaim at Cannes, where it became the first Indian...
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Oct 7, 20245 min read
Exclusive Interview with Direct Action Co-Director Ben Russell
I was excited about this French documentary the second I read its synopsis, so I couldn’t be more excited to speak with one of its...
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Oct 6, 20245 min read
In Defense of Megalopolis (2024)
It’s been a week since I’ve seen Francis Ford Coppola’s latest epic sci-fi drama, and I’m still debating whether it was a masterpiece or...
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Oct 5, 20244 min read
In the Summers (2024) Review
Right before Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio’s Sundance darling begins, a title card lets viewers know the portions in Spanish were...
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Oct 3, 20248 min read
My October Watchlist
Normally, this list would consist of 31 movie recommendations based on movies I’ve already seen, but instead I thought it’d be more...
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Oct 2, 20248 min read
Exclusive Interview with The Sealed Soil Restorationist Jillian Borders
New York Film Festival is not only where some of the best films to release this year are screened, but is also a great place to see some...
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Oct 1, 20245 min read
The Wild Robot (2024) Review
It’s funny to think how little thought has historically been paid to animated movies, especially those made for children. This seems to...
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Sep 27, 20243 min read
By the Stream (2024) Review
Readers of this blog will know I’m a huge fan of Hong Sang-soo; so, I couldn’t have been more excited to learn the Korean auteur was...
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Sep 26, 20244 min read
The Substance (2024) Review
What first drew me to Coralie Fargeat’s sophomore feature is the mythology surrounding it: gruesome tales of people passing out in the...
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Sep 25, 20243 min read
New York Film Festival: Anora (2024) Review
The return of Sean Baker is not to be taken lightly. After thrilling us with 2021’s Red Rocket , this newest offering continues to build...
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Sep 23, 20247 min read
New York Film Festival: Exclusive Interview with Director Nicolás Pereda
Nicolás Pereda’s latest offering, Lázaro at Night , deals with three actors in a love triangle struggling with the line between their...
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