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By Nick Rocco Scalia | October 2021

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! “El Jimmy” is the nickname of a low-level criminal who allegedly carried out a series of…

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW! "El Jimmy" is the nickname of a low-level criminal who allegedly carried out a series of murders-for-hire...

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NOW IN VIRTUAL CINEMAS! The title of Fernanda Valadez’ Identifying Features refers to the bodies of Mexican migrants – a lot of them young children –...

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How many road trip buddies have been made since the beginning of cinema? Too many, right? How many of them were actually good? I found one from a most...

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One of the world's leading authorities in Mexican cuisine is a 95-year-old English woman named Diana Kennedy. Director Elizabeth Carroll's feature...

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Bring up the issue of immigration, and many images come to mind: walls, detention centers, cages, etc. But the real issue surrounds the thousands of...

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The United States is not the only country infected by the curse of racism. Ironically, the countries we think are the least racist are the countries with...

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SUNDANCE 2020 FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! Summer White, or Blanco de Verano, is the story of Rodrigo (Adrián Ross) a sweet but shy and lonely 13-year-old who is...

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I cannot say enough good things about We Vanish. Is it a tense thriller? Yes. Is it a piece of agitprop? Yes. Is it a masterfully crafted piece of cinema...

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Most people that I know, myself included, got into a fair amount of trouble in their teen years. I have some stories that are best saved for another time...

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First thing’s first, and I don’t find myself saying this too often about documentaries, but one of the best things about Luke Lorentzen’ Midnight...

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