Monday, October 2, 2023

Straight Outta Compton kinetically captures N.W.A.’s angst through artistry — a...

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The late ‘80s was a watershed era for music. There was a revolution against pop music driven by synthesizers and lyrics that were either...

IndieEthos to host ‘Borscht is Dead,’ a short film retrospective to...

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Though it’s not Hollywood or New York City, Miami is blessed with a distinctive film scene. One group of filmmakers that wave the Miami...

Iranian alt-rock: the real notion of indie music

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Promo shot of Take It Easy Hospital as seen in the movie. The movie No One Knows About Persian Cats adds a whole other dimension to...

It Follows strips horror to its core — a film review

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Sometimes you have to strip back the horror to make a horror movie work. It Follows does that to thrilling effect, keep gore to a...

Film Review: ‘Bonsai’ breathes life into art

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Chilean director Cristián Jiménez mixes a heartfelt appreciation for literature and young love in the ingeniously crafted Bonsai, capturing how tightly life and art...

Jesse Eisenberg on coming to work with Joachim Trier and the...

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Louder Than Bombs, the first English language film by Norwegian writer-director Joachim Trier reveals a different side of the director who gave us the low-key...

Brilliant ‘No’ premieres in Miami at MIFF Day 5, plus other...

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This morning most of my Miami International Film Festival coverage will be found on the “Miami New Times” blog “Cultist.” As I noted yesterday,...

Sieranevada encapsulates Romanian society via claustrophobic family drama — a film...

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  In his latest exploration of Romanian society, writer-director Cristi Puiu offers an intimate examination at a family and its internal dysfunctions. The dynamics in Sieranevada serve...

Experimenter presents the legacy of 1960s behavioral experiments as engaging cinema...

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With Experimenter, American indie filmmaker Michael Almereyda returns in amazing form, tearing into the conventions of the biopic. The films follows the life of Stanley Milgram with a marvelous Peter...

Brad’s Status makes unlikable guy relatable via yin/yang and light/dark humor...

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Existence can be a love it or hate it thing -- sometimes within the same moment. Some existential crisis films pick a side, but...