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Review: In Jackson Heights

Posted on October 22, 2018 by

Jackson Heights, located in the western part of Queens and serviced by numerous subway and bus lines, has been called the most ethnically diverse neighborhood in the world. Add to this legend the fact that it was the first place … Continue reading →

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Review: Smallfoot

Posted on October 16, 2018 by

Though the sardonic comic style that drives the best parts of this feature has become the default mode for Hollywood animation of late, the physical gags are more in line with the classic Looney Toons shorts of yesteryear, so it’s … Continue reading →

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Review: I Kill Giants

Posted on October 13, 2018 by

Barbara, the preteen protagonist of this earnest work of empathy, played by newcomer Madison Wolfe, is one of those troubled free spirits who channels her anxieties into flights of fancy that threaten to spin out of control. She wanders forests … Continue reading →

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Review: The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Posted on October 12, 2018 by

Though based on a best-selling kids’ story written in 1973, The House with a Clock in Its Walls feels overly determined as a film, as if it were conceived and developed from scratch by a bunch of Hollywood executives. Some … Continue reading →

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Review: A Quiet Place

Posted on October 2, 2018 by

The jump scare has become a tired cliche of horror films, a method that was never that necessary in the first place. Suspense and terror are often more potent when the viewer is allowed to perceive threats in an organic … Continue reading →

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Review: Foxtrot

Posted on September 30, 2018 by

Whatever one thinks of Israeli policy and militarism, Israel’s filmmaking contingent more often than not addresses the country’s sticky matters with imagination and verve; which isn’t to say they necessarily confront their problems head-on, but they don’t ignore them. Samuel … Continue reading →

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Review: Crazy Rich Asians

Posted on September 28, 2018 by

As some of my colleagues have noted, the Japanese arm of Warner Bros. has dropped “Asians” from the title of this surprise box office hit, and while we can probably surmise the reason for the elision, the Japanese socio-historical relationship … Continue reading →

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