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Reviews: Wolf Man

March 28, 2025

Blake returns to Oregon alongside his wife and daughter, they’re ambushed by a shadowy creature that topples their truck and injures Blake.

Reviews: The Penguin Lessons

March 27, 2025

Final Rating: 3/5 There’s not a penguin in sight when The Penguin Lessons opens like a ’70s sitcom – with a score by Federico…

Leonardo van Dijl’s Julie Keeps Quiet is one of the more meditative sports films out there. The titular Julie is trying to stay focused on her skills and future as a tennis player while her club experiences some major turmoil.

Reviews: Helen and the Bear

March 21, 2025

Alix Blair’s Helen and the Bear eschews politics (for the most part) and focuses on the intense, intimate relationship between former Republican Representative Pete McCloskey and his second wife Helen, the director’s uncle and aunt.

Reviews: AUM: The Cult at the End of the World

March 19, 2025

Final Rating: 2/5 On March 20, 1995, sarin gas was released on three lines of the Tokyo Metro by members of the new religious…

Reviews: La Pecera (The Fishbowl)

March 17, 2025

There’s a lot to like about Glorimar Marrero Sánchez’s La Pecera (The Fishbowl), from the performances to the cinematography.

Reviews: Nightshift – 4K Restoration

March 14, 2025

Recently, the Lightbox Film Center, in collaboration with the British Film Institute and Cinenova, restored Nightshift directed by Robina Rose.

Reviews: The Electric State

March 14, 2025

Art at its best offers a new perspective, even when the subject of that art is nothing new. There’s simply no heart to The Electric State, and it grows old fast.

Reviews: Can I Get A Witness?

March 12, 2025

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Director Ann Marie Fleming’s first feature film in eight years is a soft science fiction film that leaves plenty to chew…

Reviews: Shepherds (Bergers)

March 11, 2025

Mathyas, a Montreal ad man, has up and left his life to move to France in the hopes of becoming a shepherd in Provence.

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