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AFRAID Review: Middling AI Horror Muddles Through Uninspired Third Act
First came HAL-9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey). Then came Colossus (The Forbin Project), followed by Proteus IV (Demon Seed), and SkyNet (The Terminator series). And that's just barely scratching the science-fiction surface. Individually and collectively, each film reflected the technophobic...
Vancouver 2018 Review: THE OLD MAN & THE GUN is a Bittersweet Delight
In David Lowery's The Old Man & the Gun, Robert Redford plays a version of real life legend, Forrest Tucker, the old timer who robbed countless banks in his lifetime, broke out of jail sixteen times, yet still found the time to court pretty women like Jewel, played by the eternally lovable Sissy Spacek.
70s Rewind: EMPEROR OF THE NORTH, How to Ride the Rails
Those eyes; those teeth! When Ernest Borgnine's face fills the screen in Robert Aldrich's Emperor of the North, it's a terrifying sight. Shack, the character Borgnine embodies, is a conductor on a freight train in the Pacific Northwest in the...
Now on Blu-ray: A QUIET PASSION, Emily Dickinson's Poetic Life
Now available on Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD from Music Box Films, Terence Davies' A Quiet Passion is a beautiful and vivid portrait of Emily Dickinson. Our own Dustin Chang reviewed the film during its theatrical release. He wrote in part:...
Review: AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS, A Moody Tale Shrouded In Broken Americana
As someone who spends a good portion of his days talking and writing about cinema, there comes an interesting moment when certain difficulties as to how to communicate rear their ugly head in either form of discourse. Sometimes it is...
Hey LA! Go See AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS Early, Courtesy of ScreenAnarchy
You read that right! IFC Films is hosting a special screening of Sundance hit Ain't Them Bodies Saints next week in Beverly Hills -- and ScreenAnarchy has got a handful of tickets for our readers. You want a pair?...
Indie Beat: 5 Most Intriguing Indies In August
Okay folks, let's get to it. Here are five independent features opening theatrically this August in the U.S. that just may be worth your attention and dollars. Two of the films I have seen, and the other three I am...
BAMcinemaFest 2013 Once Again Brings Some Of The Best Of American Independent Film To Brooklyn
The 5th edition of BAMcinemaFest, an essential annual survey of the best rising talent in American independent film, brings discoveries from Cannes, Sundance, South by Southwest, Berlin, Rotterdam, and other fests to Brooklyn, and it's a guarantee that you will...
LA Film Fest 2013 Review: AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS Sure Is Pretty, But It Ain't Quite Divine
As someone who spends a good portion of his days talking and writing about cinema, there comes an interesting moment when certain difficulties as to how to communicate rear their ugly head in either form of discourse. Sometimes it is...