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Reviews: Blue Rodeo: Lost Together

February 3, 2025

Final Rating: 3/5 In 2025 the Canadian band Blue Rodeo is celebrating their 40th anniversary and director Dale Heslip was given access to make…

Reviews: Hard Truths

January 30, 2025

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Director Mike Leigh’s poignant family drama, Hard Truths, revolves around mental health, the value of family, and all the pain and…

New York Film Festival Diaries – Part 3

January 20, 2025

Hello Contra Zoom readers. After many overdue months dealing with some issues on my end both at work and in my personal life, I…

New York Film Festival Diaries – Part 2

January 16, 2025

Hello Contra Zoom readers. After many overdue months dealing with some issues on my end both at work and in my personal life, I…

New York Film Festival Diaries – Part 1

January 13, 2025

Hello Contra Zoom readers. After many overdue months dealing with some issues on my end both at work and in my personal life, I…

Reviews: The Room Next Door

January 6, 2025

Final Rating: 2.5/5 Even at our most healthy, the intrusive thoughts sometimes permeate our minds wondering how we would wish to die. Do we…

Reviews: The People’s Joker

December 9, 2024

Final Rating: 2.5/5 Buckle up puddin’! Writer/director Vera Drew’s unique spin of the ‘Clown Prince of Crime’ combines elements of Todd Philips’ Joker (in…

Reviews: Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

December 6, 2024

Final Rating: 3/5 There’s a dreamlike quality to Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point, the latest from director Tyler Thomas Taormina. Taormina invites the audience…

Reviews: The Girl With The Needle

December 2, 2024

Final Rating: 3.5/5 There but for the grace of God… Director Magnus Von Horn’s The Girl with the Needle, Denmark’s official entry to the…

Reviews: 100 Yards

November 12, 2024

Final Rating: 3.5/5 In 100 Yards, a series of duels between two rivals over control of a martial arts academy engulfs the city of…