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Adam Sandler’s “Carte Blanche” Freedom and the Joy of Sandy Wexler

Film
By Jim Hemphill | May 8, 2017
By Jim Hemphill | May 8, 2017

Adam Sandler’s “Carte Blanche” Freedom and the Joy of Sandy Wexler

Jim Hemphill celebrates the creative expansion the polarizing comedian's new Netflix film has afforded him.

All These Sleepless Nights and That Sweet Spot Between Documentary and Fiction

Film
By Lou Pepe | April 10, 2017
By Lou Pepe | April 10, 2017

All These Sleepless Nights and That Sweet Spot Between Documentary and Fiction

Lou Pepe speaks out in ardent support of Michał Marczak's gorgeously cinematic doc, a film considered by some to not qualify as non-fiction.

The ’70s Seen: Getting High on Movie-Musical Iconography with Ken Russell’s The Boy Friend

Film
By Steve Lippman | March 24, 2017
By Steve Lippman | March 24, 2017

The ’70s Seen: Getting High on Movie-Musical Iconography with Ken Russell’s The Boy Friend

With Russell's 1971 musical newly out on Blu-ray, Steve Lippman makes a case for the film being an underappreciated classic.

24 Plus 24: Legacy Still Equals 24

Film
By Charles Lane | March 8, 2017
By Charles Lane | March 8, 2017

24 Plus 24: Legacy Still Equals 24

Sidewalk Stories' legendary writer-director-star Charles Lane takes stock of the reboot of one of his favorite recent TV shows.

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Day of the Locust

Film
By Bruce LaBruce | March 7, 2017
By Bruce LaBruce | March 7, 2017

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: The Day of the Locust

The Canadian auteur reconsiders John Schlesinger's expansive take on Nathanael West's classic novella about '30s Hollywood.

David J’s (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) Impressionistic Take on Sun Kil Moon’s Sprawling New Record

Music
By David J. | March 3, 2017
By David J. | March 3, 2017

David J’s (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) Impressionistic Take on Sun Kil Moon’s Sprawling New Record

Plus a recollection of hanging with Mark Kozelek on the day Kurt Cobain died.

Watch Get Out and Be Scared by Something Other Than the News

Film
By Stephen Winter | March 3, 2017
By Stephen Winter | March 3, 2017

Watch Get Out and Be Scared by Something Other Than the News

Stephen Winter distracts himself from the horror of political goings on by indulging in the first film by a major new voice in American cinema.

The Decline of the Western and the Continuing Resonance of The Ballad of Little Jo

Film
By Jim Hemphill | March 1, 2017
By Jim Hemphill | March 1, 2017

The Decline of the Western and the Continuing Resonance of The Ballad of Little Jo

Jim Hemphill on Maggie Greenwald's 1993 revisionist Western, a film that brilliantly and insightfully plays with the tropes of the genre.

Why I Have Already Seen This New Cat Documentary 16 Times and Counting

Film
By Randy Russell | February 10, 2017
By Randy Russell | February 10, 2017

Why I Have Already Seen This New Cat Documentary 16 Times and Counting

Randy Russell on Kedi, the delightful new documentary about street cats in Istanbul which he has been watching on heavy rotation.

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Debbie Reynolds in The Rat Race and Goodbye Charlie

Film
By Bruce LaBruce | February 1, 2017
By Bruce LaBruce | February 1, 2017

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Debbie Reynolds in The Rat Race and Goodbye Charlie

The Canadian provocateur (and champion of unfairly neglected movies) focuses on two from the late actress in which she plays against type.

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