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Portrait of a Lady on Fire – A Love as Brief as a Flame

March 2, 2020 Audrey Bennett

If a painting could move, it would be Céline Sciamma’s heart-wrenching 2019 masterwork, Portrait of a Lady on Fire. A

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Drama Films Epic/Historical Films 

Portrait of a Lady on Fire – A Nearly Perfect Love Story

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 Mike McClelland art, France, French, lesbian, Love story

The true quality of Céline Sciamma’s dazzling French romance Portrait of a Lady on Fire becomes clear long after the

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1917 – The Impossible Task of War

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Jennifer Denson british, war movie, wwI

1917 opens on a field of flowers, and you better inhale deeply because that’s as much of a breather as you’re

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Drama Films Epic/Historical Films 

Little Women – The Victorian Era in a Modern Light

January 15, 2020 Audrey Bennett

Little Women breathed life into the women of the 19th century and changed the very concept of women in literature

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The Irishman — A Sorrowful Meditation on Death, Violence, and the Labor Movement

November 29, 2019 Christee Henry

Leaving a matinée screening of Martin Scorsese’s latest film The Irishman, I felt consumed by feeling. I felt lonely. I

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Crime Films Drama Films Epic/Historical Films 

The Irishman – I Hear You Make Pictures

November 27, 2019November 28, 2019 Drew Grier

The Irishman (or I Hear You Paint Houses) is built to give you a movie high.  Over forty-five years have

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Fox Searchlight's 'Jojo Rabbit''
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‘Jojo Rabbit’: Pride, Prejudice, Privilege, and a Funny Fuhrer | Movie Review by Tommy Valentine

November 14, 2019November 15, 2019 Tommy Valentine

Jojo Rabbit begins with a youthful Nazi chorus and ends with the German language version of David Bowie’s “We Can

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Drama Films Epic/Historical Films Horror Films 

The Lighthouse – Shadows and Madness

November 2, 2019 Patrick Najjar

Ever since it was announced, The Lighthouse has intrigued me. Not because the trailers were well made (they were) or

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire – A Love as Brief as a Flame
Drama Films Epic/Historical Films 

Portrait of a Lady on Fire – A Love as Brief as a Flame

March 2, 2020 Audrey Bennett

If a painting could move, it would be Céline Sciamma’s heart-wrenching 2019 masterwork, Portrait of a Lady on Fire. A

Portrait of a Lady on Fire — All Lovers Feel They’re Inventing Something New
Drama Films 

Portrait of a Lady on Fire — All Lovers Feel They’re Inventing Something New

March 1, 2020March 13, 2020 Christee Henry
Portrait of a Lady on Fire – A Nearly Perfect Love Story
Drama Films Epic/Historical Films 

Portrait of a Lady on Fire – A Nearly Perfect Love Story

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 Mike McClelland
Knives Out, or Let the Past Die. Kill Harlan Thrombey If You Have To.
Comedy Films Crime Films Drama Films 

Knives Out, or Let the Past Die. Kill Harlan Thrombey If You Have To.

February 16, 2020February 16, 2020 Nicodemus Boggs

Most Recent Reviews

  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire – A Love as Brief as a Flame March 2, 2020
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire — All Lovers Feel They’re Inventing Something New March 1, 2020
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire – A Nearly Perfect Love Story February 27, 2020
  • Knives Out, or Let the Past Die. Kill Harlan Thrombey If You Have To. February 16, 2020
  • Knives Out – The Game is Afoot February 13, 2020

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