Out in Theaters: DEAR WHITE PEOPLE
Dear White People is an important film. Simien deserves credit for taking this challenge head-on. Maybe his movie wasn’t a good one, but it asked the right questions and called for…
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Out in Theaters: THE HEART MACHINE
Since the inception of apps literally designed to track down horny people in the closest possible vicinity, the world of relationships increasingly invokes a compartmentalization of love and sex. To…
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Out in Theaters: OUIJA
When all is said and done, Ouija will make over five times its budget on opening weekend and it will see a sequel. That fact alone is the true horror.…
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Out in Theaters: LAGGIES
From a purely narcissistic angle, I appreciated the drizzly Seattle setting, which opened the doors to some of the finer establishments in the Emerald City, establishments that I have otherwise…
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Out in Theaters: BIRDMAN
Steeped in an exacting degree of irreverent relevance, he's able to pull off the rare feat of raising existential questions in the same scene that he blows up a cityscape.…
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Out in Theaters: JOHN WICK
John Wick eventually admits that it is in fact just the straight-forward actioner you've hoped it would transcend - with an ending you could forecast from 30 minutes in -…
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Out in Theaters: CAMP X-RAY
As Ali and Amy's lives become intertwined, their relationship shifts, opening up the opportunity for conversation among equals. With this table set, a pensive and powerful exchange unfolds about what…
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Out in Theaters: YOUNG ONES
A riveting series of chapters of once upon a time in the future west, Young Ones spins a unique take on clutching onto one's manifest destiny. Rich with morose mood,…
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Out in Theaters: ST. VINCENT
By most accounts, St. Vincent shouldn't work. It's too tender in some parts, too chewy in others, like a microwaved steak. The conveniences are many, the happy resolution unnaturally tidy.…
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Out in Theaters: MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
At its heart, Men, Women and Children is rochambeau. Not the French general, the nut kicking contest. With so many potentially nerve-striking issues on display, Reitman has money on the…