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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

by Brendan Nagle• Essays• Featured• Kicking the Canon• Kicking the Canon• Music

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

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

Before We Vanish• by Morris Yang• Film

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

Credit: Gravitas Ventures

Before We Vanish• by Molly Adams• Film

The Score — Malachi Smyth

June 30, 2022

Credit: Dark Star Pictures

Before We Vanish• by Steven Warner• Film

The Passenger — Raúl Cerezo, Fernando González Gómez

June 30, 2022

Credit: Saban Films

by InRO Staff• Featured• Film

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

June 30, 2022

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by Ayeen Forootan• Featured• Film• Horizon Line

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

June 30, 2022

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by Paul Attard• Featured• Film• Streaming Scene

Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe — Mike Judge

June 29, 2022

Credit: Roadside Attractions

by Steven Warner• Featured• Film• Horizon Line

The Forgiven — John Michael McDonagh

June 29, 2022

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by Igor Fishman• Featured• Film• Horizon Line

Clara Sola — Nathalie Álvarez Mesén

June 28, 2022

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by Selina Lee• Featured• Film• Kicking the Canon• Kicking the Canon

The Thing — John Carpenter

June 27, 2022

Credit: Sarah Blum

by Patrick Preziosi• Featured• Film• Streaming Scene

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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by Paul Attard• Music• What Would Meek Do?

Leikeli47 — Shape Up

June 25, 2022