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Before We Vanish — June 2022: Cryo, Press Play, WYRM

OK, so things don’t really vanish anymore: even the most limited film release will (most likely, eventually) find its way onto some streaming service…

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Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song — Dayna Goldfine & Dan Geller

Hallelujah doesn’t quite strike the right balance between portrait of the artist and myth of the song, but its littered pleasures will likely still be…

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Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe — Mike Judge

Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe offers the type of low-stakes low humor that demands little but gives generously to those willing to engage. Beavis…

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The Forgiven — John Michael McDonagh

The Forgiven doesn’t have any substance or style to elevate its tired tale of how rich people suck. “Rich people behaving badly” has become such…

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Clara Sola — Nathalie Álvarez Mesén

Clara Sola is a bold, confrontational work, perhaps a bit too blunt in its symbolism, but carried through by Chinchilla Araya’s raw, enigmatic performance. The…

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The Beatles — Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: The Desolate Epithets of Free Love and Flower Power

June 20, 2022

On the occasion of Paul McCartney’s 80th birthday, I decided to burden myself with the unforgiving task of writing about the Beatles. After trying out a…

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Before We Vanish• by Molly Adams• Film

Wyrm — Christopher Winterbauer

June 30, 2022
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Cryo — Barrett Burgin

June 30, 2022
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Before We Vanish• by Steven Warner• Film

Press Play — Greg Björkman

June 30, 2022
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Before We Vanish• by Daniel Gorman• Film

Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes — Kevin Kopacka

June 30, 2022
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Before We Vanish• by Molly Adams• Film

The Score — Malachi Smyth

June 30, 2022
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The Passenger — Raúl Cerezo, Fernando González Gómez

June 30, 2022
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Before We Vanish — June 2022: Cryo, Press Play, WYRM

June 30, 2022
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Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song — Dayna Goldfine & Dan Geller

June 30, 2022
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Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe — Mike Judge

June 29, 2022
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The Forgiven — John Michael McDonagh

June 29, 2022
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Clara Sola — Nathalie Álvarez Mesén

June 28, 2022
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The Thing — John Carpenter

June 27, 2022
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We — Alice Diop

June 27, 2022
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by Josh Hurst• Music• Pop Rocks

Wilco — Cruel Country

June 25, 2022
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Leikeli47 — Shape Up

June 25, 2022
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The Passenger — Raúl Cerezo, Fernando González Gómez

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The Forgiven — John Michael McDonagh

Clara Sola — Nathalie Álvarez Mesén

Wilco — Cruel Country

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June 17, 2022

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June 6, 2022

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Today's #KickingtheCanon is an InRO favorite, with Today's #KickingtheCanon is an InRO favorite, with Selina digging into John Carpenter's #TheThing in honor of its 40th anniversary this weekend.  "Carpenter walks the knife’s edge of narrative restraint and balls-to-the-wall gore with shivery glee."
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But don't forget about We (Nous) from Alice Diop. @1xferokay is on the beat with that one.
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Well, it feels sort of trivial to talk about movie Well, it feels sort of trivial to talk about movies right now, and as such we're a little behind on Instagram. But we did publish a piece yesterday dissecting P.T. Anderson's 2010s run (in honor of his birthday this weekend).  Peep it if you need a distraction from the fact that the U.S. is now 1934 Germany. Byline: @toastyp3ngu1n
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@treshongdavis talks #CIVIL, that new #BenCrump flick:  "That very tension runs through the heart of CIVIL, which strives to be a personal examination but falls short of striking bedrock. Yet Hallgren’s moving direction rousingly channels Crump’s ethos to uplifting and ultimately winning effect."
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Kevin Hart & Woody Harrelson have a movie on Netflix about about them doing some Hart & Harrelson shit. @stevenwarner1980 talks about it:  "[#TheManfromToronto is] a light but refreshing blast of mid-summer fun that would play like gangbusters [in theaters.]"
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#TheBlackPhone is in theaters. @mollyadams2408 is all in:  "After [a deluge] of self-serious horror movies about trauma & family & fill-in-the-blank metaphors, a back-to-basics horror-thriller with a sly visual hook & solid performances is a welcome respite"
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#ElvisMovie is out tmrw. Paul calls it "Baz's Malc #ElvisMovie is out tmrw. Paul calls it "Baz's Malcolm X."  "Elvis...[chooses] to engage in pure exhibitionism for its own sake... there’s an intensity to the vision here that feels all too lacking in contemporary blockbusters of this size and scale."
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With Dispatch 5, our #Tribeca coverage concludes. Visit the link in our bio for takes on #LakotaNationVsUnitedStates, #InHerName, #January, and #MyNameIsAndrea.  Bylines: Luke, Daniel, Mitch, & @ayeen.forootan
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Peter Strickland's latest, #FluxGourmet, is decidedly not great.  "Flux Gourmet’s stiff performance art world satire could use a push past its gross-out faux extremity into something actually horrific." — @krsmello 
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We liked Rainer Kohlberger's #AnsweringTheSun so m We liked Rainer Kohlberger's #AnsweringTheSun so much that we decided to sit down and chat about his latest effort, the conceptual framework of his filmography, influences on films, and more! Check out the full interview at the link in bio.
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Mohammad Rasoulof's #AManOfIntegrity has finally gotten a US release, and @igorfshman couldn't be happier:  "Ostensibly simple foundations ... are molded into something much more profound in Rasolouf’s hands..."
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And our penultimate May music roundup, including #JackHarlow, #TheSmile, #BlackStar, and more. 
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In honor of #PaulMcCartney80 over the weekend, we' In honor of #PaulMcCartney80 over the weekend, we've got a Brendan essay on Sgt. Pepper's, its psychedelic exploration of childhood, and the ultimate question: "were [the Beatles] guiding culture or were they simply reflections of it?"
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#TribecaFilmFestival may have wrapped yesterday, but we still have a little more coverage in it. Today's dispatch includes thoughts on Jon-Sesrie Guff's #AfterSherman, Alex Thompson's #Rounding, Rebeca Huntt's #Beba & more!  One more dispatch coming this week!
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#TheWitch2 is a little overdone, but still a clinic on what American blockbuster cinema could be.  —
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#Pixar's latest, inevitable #ToyStory entry is her #Pixar's latest, inevitable #ToyStory entry is here. @stevenwarner1980 
 says its no better or worse than the studio's recent spate of mid films:  "Works best in its first half...[which] feels novel in comparison to the tired clichés peddled in [its] back-half."
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Meanwhile, #Spiderhead is more than a disappointment.  "...the end result is as flavorless as any dull, A24-branded, allegedly “elevated” genre fare. It’s pretty. It’s sometimes wryly funny. It’s trite." @colonelmortimer 
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"Jerry and Marge Go Large isn’t much for challenging viewers, but for the inclined, it’s quite successful at working its way into the heart’s soft spots with a warm touch and appealing sincerity." says @ayeen.forootan on #JerryAndMargeGoLarge
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And it wouldn't be a Friday without #KickingTheCanon. From Daniel, on #HowardHawks #Hatari!
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#Tribeca Round 2, including: #Sophia, #NakedGarden #Tribeca Round 2, including: #Sophia, #NakedGardens, #Attachment, and more from @mollyadams2408, @stevenwarner1980, @misterminsoo, plus anti-Instagrammers Luke, Daniel, and Mitchell. 
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Then we've got @stevenwarner1980 pulling triple duty, with thoughts on #ChaChaRealSmooth (pro), the new #FatherOfTheBride (eh), and #BrianAndCharles (mostly pro). 
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We had a lot of content yesterday, so our #kicking We had a lot of content yesterday, so our #kickingthecanon comes a day late. But it's worth it. Ryan talks Stanley Kubrick's Lolita in honor of the film's 60th anniversary yesterday:  "[Holds a] quietly pivotal place in [Kubrick's] oeuvre."
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#MadGod is coming to @Shudder
 later this week. @morrisycy took on @madphilg's beautiful work a while back:  "Tippett’s labor of love [offers] nothing less than a ravishing sensory experience of lurid phantasmagoria"
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Our first album roundup for May '22 has arrived and features takes on excellent new records from @saythename_17 and @otobokebeaver, and more mixed-pro offerings from #ArcadeFire, #LiamGallagher, & @mxmtoon.
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In honor of the 25th anniversary this month of Bru In honor of the 25th anniversary this month of Bruno Dumont's feature debut, La vie de Jésus, @1xferokay goes long on the director's use of performance:  "Dumont isn’t making inroads in some sort of nouveau school of acting; he’s creating a world."
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Paul also dug into #GoodLuckToYouLeoGrande for #Tribeca, which comes out Friday.
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Next up is @mollyadams2408 with great things to say for #Tahara from #OliviaPeace.
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And finally, more #Tribeca coverage, with thoughts on #FamilyDinner (Daniel), #GodsTime (@stevenwarner1980), #LynchOz (Christopher), and #WeMightAsWellBeDead (also Daniel).  Read on!  —
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