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1 week ago |
punchdrunkcritics.com | Cortland Jacoby
Jane Austen fans have long joked that the infamous British author has ruined men for them. Most males lack the wit and romantic tendencies of Mr. Darcy, Mr. Wentworth, or Colonel Brandon. This concept is loosely explored in Laura Piani’s French and English production Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.
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3 weeks ago |
awfj.org | Cortland Jacoby
0 Flares 0 Flares × With online gambling normalized across North America now, it was only a matter of time before its effects on family dynamics were explored in cinematic melodrama. Filmmaker Gillian McKercher uses her second feature to explore what is really lost when you give up the poker table and what you risk going back to it. Longtime character actor Terry Chen sets the tone as Lucky Lee, a family man and recovering gambler.
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1 month ago |
awfj.org | Cortland Jacoby
0 Flares 0 Flares × Misfits. Assemble. After multiple movies and projects where they were supporting characters, Marvel has finally brought its most dysfunctional antiheroes together in Thunderbolts*. They’re here to kick butt and take names – or at least try to.
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1 month ago |
punchdrunkcritics.com | Cortland Jacoby
In Amalia Ulman’s surrealist satire, Magic Farm, a group of self-absorbed independent music journalists fly down to Argentina on a whim to uncover the latest music craze. When they can’t find their contact, they decide to fabricate their story, oblivious to the small town’s real problems. I sat down with Magic Farm filmmaker and star Amalia Ulman, along with cast members Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff and Joe Apollonio to talk about what drew them to the project and how they see their characters.
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1 month ago |
punchdrunkcritics.com | Cortland Jacoby
Practical effects are on display in director Isaiah Saxon’s feature debut, The Legend of Ochi. Channeling an ‘80s style of filmmaking with puppets and models, the first-time director shows us the darker side of animal and human friendships and an even nastier side of broken families. Young Yuri (Helena Zengal) lives on a fictional primitive Balkan island with her father, Maxim (William Dafoe), and adopted brother, Petro (Finn Wolfhard).
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