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Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

By Benjamin Franz | August 2023

Way back in the day, when Jacques Derrida was alive and pioneering postmodernism, he developed a pet theory concerning archival maintenance, mal d’archive:…

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Way back in the day, when Jacques Derrida was alive and pioneering postmodernism, he developed a pet theory concerning archival maintenance, mal...

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CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! You will not believe the blast you are in for with the earth-shaking, silent, black-and-white feature Hundreds of...

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HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! The phrase "new normal" comes to mind when watching writer-director Elham Ehsas' short film, Yellow. A young woman...

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NOW IN THEATERS! "Dignity and motherhood don't always line up," says the protagonist of director Laura Moss' deeply disturbing horror-drama Birth /...

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The criminal justice system in America has always been somewhat dysfunctional. Almost Home: Life After Incarceration, a documentary by Bill Wisneski,...

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Many people think that pinball is a game of chance versus skill. Nowadays, it's difficult to believe that it was actually outlawed as gambling in large...

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PORTLAND FESTIVAL OF CINEMA, ANIMATION & TECHNOLOGY 2023 REVIEW! Puppet mice get squeaky about being freaky in Diomysus, the comedic documentary short...

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Greg Pritikin has come a long way since his early comedies, including the underrated Dummy. The writer-director now enters horror territory with The...

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In the 1970s, a man by the name of Claude Nobs came up with the idea to bring together jazz musicians and those that love the genre in one place. It was...

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Michael Akkerman's Reveille marks the feature-length debut of the writer-director. The World War II drama starts with the 1929 Geneva Convention standards...

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