Category: Reviews

A review of You Were Never Really Here

Both squarely within and bushing the boundaries of Lynne Ramsey’s heralded artistries.

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Isle of Dogs review

“In any case, it is left up to the viewer to not get too lost in the dazzling visual spectacle of the film, and be sure to consider that despite the immaculate attention to detail, some details might still have been rendered invisible.”

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The Nass Recommends!

A dream-pop mirage and a volcanic short film about death — an ideal Sunday?

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I Want You Flat on Your Back, And Then I Want You Strong Again: A Different Phantom Thread

“These are Alma’s and the film’s first words. A cynic will scoff, but no, give a serious thought to this idea. How many of us have the courage to dream – how many of us have the courage to dispense with cynicism and see our dreams come true?”

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A Review of the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel paints a picture of a vivid and choreographed 1950s New York and explores development of a personal feminism.

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Spoilers Ahead: Riverdale Season 2 is a Soap Opera for a Younger Audience

In this new season, Riverdale’s soapy plot and neon-lit diner is su used with violence and vigilantism.

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The Setlist (2)

A review of Brokeback’s “Illinois River Valley Blues” and Hand Habits’s “Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void)”

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La La Land’s Nostalgia

“It follows a struggle we have all faced: if you love the past, how do you approach the future?”

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The Setlist

A review of Mega Bog’s “Happy Together” and Sam Skinner’s “Danny Through Junior EP”

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Let’s Be People

A Rubblebucket concert review

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Lo and Lana

Re-constructing Lolita with Lana Del Rey

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Crime and Composition

On the detective fiction of Ricardo Lísias and the electronic novel

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