Category: Review
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Avery Cochrane’s Pop Confections
For 425: The Seattle-based singer-songwriter discusses her new single, her artistic process, the perils of social media, and what inspires her.
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Paths of Resistance
‘A Special Day,’ Ettore Scola’s moving, antifascist two-hander from 1977, features stunning work from Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.
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The Powerful Testimonies of ‘Sudan, Remember Us’
Journalist and filmmaker Hind Meddeb’s latest project is an indispensable, multiperspective account of resistance.
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‘The Five Heartbeats’ Invigorates the Biopic Form
Director-star-co-writer Robert Townsend’s initially shrugged-at, decades-spanning drama about the lives and careers of Black, 1960s vocal-group members is lovable even when it’s employing genre clichés.
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‘Powwow Highway’ is an Exemplary Road Movie
A Martinez and Gary Farmer are terrific in Jonathan Wacks’ 1989 comedy-drama.
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‘Weapons’ is a Step Down for Zach Cregger
A busy narrative approach and some resonant topicality can’t obscure the much-buzzed-about movie’s limitations.
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The Boundless Energy of ‘She Shoots Straight’
Corey Yuen’s 1990 revenge thriller is a masterclass in action filmmaking.
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Brighter Days Ahead
Lino Brocka’s ‘Manila in the Claws of Light,’ from 1975, has rightfully long been heralded as the crown jewel of Filipino cinema.
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Sexy Beast
Alain Delon was at his most astonishing-looking in ‘Purple Noon,’ René Clément’s 1960 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s dark, seductive ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley.’
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Iggy Pop’s Raw Power
For 425: What I saw at the rock iconoclast’s show at Redmond’s Marymoor Park.
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‘To a Land Unknown’ is a Harrowing, Deeply Compassionate Thriller
Danish-Palestinian filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel’s long-in-the-making second feature is one of the year’s best movies.
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‘The Inkwell’ is Marred by Bad Judgment
Matty Rich’s second — and surprisingly last — movie is a pretty good coming-of-age drama until it reaches its ill-conceived conclusion.
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