Reviews

Who by Fire

Who by Fire opens with an uncomfortably long shot of a car driving down a two-lane road through the forest, a single note on the soundtrack droning in place of any diegetic sound.

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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

The question isn’t whether the first feature-length fully animated Looney Tunes movie was worth the wait. It’s what took them so long?

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Mickey 17

Despite having done it sixteen times, Mickey is still afraid to die.

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Okiku and the World

Okiku and the World’s title character has just one request — nay, demand — of the man she meets in the opening scene: “Don’t say my name in a place like this.”

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The Monkey

Words of wisdom from The Monkey: “Everything is an accident. Or nothing is an accident. Either way. Same thing.”

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Rounding

Rounding begins with two definitions, both of which are vital to understanding it.

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Bring Them Down

"Where there's livestock, there's deadstock."

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Presence

Movie cameras are not unlike ghosts, especially in the hands of a filmmaker like Steven Soderbergh.

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Mulholland Drive

"What are you doing? We don't stop here."

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Grand Theft Hamlet

People play video games for the same reason they go to the theater: to escape one world and enter another.

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Hard Truths

Any attempt to name the best director/actor collaborations in history will feature some iconic pairings: Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune, John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.

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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

There's devious, and then there's Feathers McGraw.

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