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Hacksaw Ridge (Review)

February 14, 2017February 13, 2017ReviewDesmond Dos, Hacksaw Ridge

Hacksaw Ridge boasts great acting from its lead, smart, tense battle staging, and better than average (for its genre) cinematography — all of which it nearly squanders thanks to its glamorization of war. There are

BRUNO (Review)

February 10, 2017February 10, 2017ReviewAndrea Hintermaier, Bruno

It’s not often I expand my horizons, but lately, I decided to take a walk on the wild side. Maybe because of frustrations. Here’s a short film and a character I can both relate to.

Cutaway (Review)

February 7, 2017February 7, 2017ReviewCutaway, Kazik Radwasnki

I’ll be honest, as soon as I understood how this film was going to work I felt like backing out of watching it. Cutaway, a Canadian film by Kazik Radwanski, depicts only the hands of

Film Review | OverAgain (2016)

February 2, 2017July 19, 2017ReviewMarc Pannia, OverAgain

Film run-time: 4 minutes | Starring Riley Dandy, Sam Krumrine Written and Directed by Marc Pannia, Written and Produced by Lilianna Wilde, Cinematography by Marco Tomaselli “OverAgain“, a 2016 short film by Marc Pannia, is

Moonlight (VIFF) Review

January 31, 2017January 29, 2017ReviewBarry Jenkins, Moonlight

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight‘s writer-director, forces. He forces you to reckon with a lot of different images in the film. He creates a torrent of emotion without any audible dialogue. I can’t think of a better

League of Exotique Dancers (Review)

January 27, 2017January 27, 2017ReviewBurlesque, League of Exotique Dancers, Rama Rau, Strip

It feels like I’ve been looking at these ever since… Well, never mind. I shouldn’t get into detail of that. I should instead go into detail of burlesque dancers involved in this documentary. Featuring talented

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