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The Pinch

By Alex Saveliev | February 2019

When a low-level mobster is nearly rubbed out by the boss, he decides to take the bonus promised to him by force. Here…

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When a low-level mobster is nearly rubbed out by the boss, he decides to take the bonus promised to him by force. Here is a film so earnest in its...

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Up next in the series I call Movies-I’m-Forced-To-See-Because-I-Have-A-Kid is A Dog’s Way Home. I did not choose to see this film, but I did, and...

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Great, Great, Great is a very contemporary film following Lauren (Sarah Kolasky), a 30-year-old woman navigating life after learning about her parent's...

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If I were forced to break down the primary elements of a short film, I’d divide it into story, acting, and production (Clearly, I have no academic...

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A mysterious VHS tape sends a young woman on quest to discover its maker, but she finds herself instead. Ambitious cinematic projects often veer off into...

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As a documentary about golf caddies, Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk should have a solid audience among those who care about the sport. But the thing that...

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I’m not a big fan of overused clichés, but since the one I’m about to use has recently fallen out of the modern vernacular, here goes. Sexina: Pop...

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The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986 was a pivotal before-and-after moment in history. It’s a cliche, but still applies, to say that...

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One thing that's worth praising about Doom Room: though the film's setup might make it sound like yet another entry in horror's much-maligned “torture...

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Subversive satirist Mads Brugger's latest is an odd-couple comedy about the pitfalls of striking out into the economic frontier; it charts two hapless...

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