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An Officer and a Spy or J’ Accuse

By Terry Sherwood | December 2025

Roman Polanski’s J’Accuse, released internationally as An Officer and a Spy, is a brilliant exercise in controlled storytelling, visual discipline, and moral…

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Roman Polanski’s J’Accuse, released internationally as An Officer and a Spy, is a brilliant exercise in controlled storytelling, visual discipline, and...

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Lost Horizon, written and directed by Patrick Garcia, starts with a sort of trailer-esque introduction. Quick cuts show soldiers fighting rebels amid heavy...

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In Néstor López and Carlos Valle's documentary short, Seeds From Kivu, several women from the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo arrive at...

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Some of the best reasons to not forget the Motor City can be found in the illuminating music documentary The Best Of The Best: Jazz From Detroit, directed...

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Mark David's feature film, Mr. Wonderful, marks the final film of prolific actor Michael Madsen. He takes center stage as the middle member of a...

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1 Hour To Kill is a horror comedy made by people who believe in it. Director Jim Klock also stars as Danny, while screenwriter Chad Rigley co-stars as...

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Director Habib Shahzad's Jujji sheds light on the harsh truth about Pakistan’s neglected labor force through two cops trying to crack a series of murders...

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Writer-director Angus MacLachlan strips things down to their essence in his low-key Southern-fried drama, A Little Prayer. Gone are the histrionics, the...

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Co-writer-director Josh Safdie continues his meteoric rise to auteur status with Marty Supreme, a frenzied spin through the life of a fast-talking young...

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Director Sarah Jayne and writer-co-director Ivan Malekin's feature film, After the Act, is an experimental drama set over 24 hours in Berlin. The story...

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