She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
“I feel like you put the idea of dying in my head.” After my first frustrated watch, I surmised in my notes that She Dies Tomorrow was, “80 minutes of […]
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Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey (2020)
“It was time for Gotham to meet the new Harley Quinn.” Ever the true New Yorker (or, in this comic inspired setting, the quintessential Gothamite), Harley Quinn (a dynamite Margot […]
Live by Night (2016)
“It’s not enough to break the rules. You have to be strong enough to make your own.” Ben Affleck’s a good director. His first film Gone Baby Gone is about as strong […]
Digging for Fire (2015)
“There was something truthful about having my own life again.” The simplest way you can describe Joe Swanberg’s career as is prolific. In the same breath, the most complex way […]
Manglehorn (2015)
“I’m a wounded man.” Manglehorn, the latest feature from filmmaker David Gordon Green, will rarely be seen this year. It’s a little and narrow-minded movie. Which isn’t a bad thing, because […]
Alex of Venice (2015)
“What do we want to leave behind?” A number of questions are posed by the characters over the course of Alex of Venice, a harmless film without any real motive. There is […]
Cake (2015)
“Will you forgive me?” No, I cannot. Yes, I’m sure I’ll pass on dessert. Cake is a stalemate chess match. On one side we have a full set of 16 pieces. And […]
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