Advertisements 13-year-old John (Charlie Shotwell) discovers a hole — an unfinished bunker — in his backyard, and it becomes a sort of playground for him. But the fun he has in mind is rather disturbing. He drugs his parents (Michael C. Hall…
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Valerie Taylor is a completely fearless and wildly talented woman.…
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Advertisements Dear Tim, The festival has come to an end. I’m slowly digesting and unpacking the films I copiously screened in the past five days. How do you feel? This was your first festival. Any screen fatigue? Slightly hungover, perhaps? Or are…
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This mother-daughter comedy of scams, schemes, and economic precarity is full of eccentricity, but not quite enough to sustain the experience.…
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This surreal fantasy of a dream auditor perfectly captures the bizarre logic and beautiful nonsense of dreaming.…
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Edgar Wright’s documentary debut is a firecracker of a music film celebrating the pop duo Sparks.…
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Advertisements Dear Inge, Sorry to hear about your laptop but glad you had another one ready to work with. Although adjusting to a different keyboard is one of the most frustrating things a writer can experience, I sometimes find that switching devices…
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A poignant and difficult narrative of isolation, human companionship and apocalypse.…
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Advertisements Dear Tim, When spilling your drink at the theatre, you’re being an arse to the people who have to clean up after you. When spilling your drink at your home office desk, you’re crippling your (already feeble) income as a film…
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Advertisements Dear Inge, Journalism is lonely work, and pandemics make it even lonelier. Festivals are to be cherished because they bring this industry a little closer together, even if when connection is only virtual. After spending several years in another hemisphere, the…
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