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Film Review: ‘Asteroid City’ is a Wes Anderson Movie Through and Through (For Better or Worse)
Whenever I review a Wes Anderson film, it’s admittedly done through the lens of someone who’s very hit or miss with the filmmaker. Usually, his animated movies really charm me, while more of the live-action efforts than not fall flat. So, when I say that Asteroid City is pretty much a garden variety Anderson effort, […] More
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TV Review: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 is Terrifyingly Perfect
Stranger Things season 4 will melt fans’ brains across the globe when Part One launches on May 27th. For lack of a better term, a season is super-sized and jammed with all the elements fans have adored in the previous three seasons. The Duffer Brothers have given us what amounts to a love letter to […] More
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Tribeca Film Festival Review: Vanessa Kirby’s Acting and Nicholas Britell’s Score Can’t Prevent ‘Italian Studies’ From Being a Slog
Watching a magnetic actress in just about anything can be a compelling experience. At least, it can be up until a certain point. Then, a satisfying movie surrounding her needs to appear. Unfortunately, while Vanessa Kirby is a great actress, she’s barely surrounded by anything in Italian Studies. Playing at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, […] More
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Film Review: Andrew Garfield is (Perfectly) Obnoxious in ‘Mainstream’
Gia Coppola’s sophomore feature Mainstream had its premiere at 2020’s Venice Film Festival (a rare festival, which took place in person last year), before making the rounds to a few international festivals. It was met with mostly negative reactions, sitting in the mid-30s on Rotten Tomatoes, before making a limited theatrical run and VOD debut […] More
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Interview: A ‘Mainstream’ Conversation with Filmmaker Gia Coppola
The granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola and niece of Sofia Coppola, it was perhaps inevitable that Gia Coppola would get involved in the film industry in some capacity. While she didn’t start off on that path, she did eventually get there, making her feature directing debut in 2013 with the Emma Roberts starring Palo Alto, based on a collection of short stories by James […] More
