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Mudbound
As a child, like many others, I loved to play in the mud. We had a “sandpile” next to our barn that was about 25% sand with the rest dirt,…
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B-
Suburbicon
Suburbicon’s depiction of the 1950’s portrays an iconic American vision beneath the subterfuge of which lie corruption and moral decay. An uneven blend of social commentary and pulp fiction, the…
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Paris Blues
Paris Blues has many shades, but only one is visible to us: a whole crew wrote and rewrote the script, and in receiving the reports on these various drafts, there…
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B+
Wind River
In the past two years, actor Taylor Sheridan has quickly fashioned a new role for himself in Hollywood. A man known mostly for his work in police procedurals and Sons…
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Detroit
2010 was the year of Kathryn Bigelow. She became the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director and her breakout indie The Hurt Locker scored a surprise win…
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Traverse City Film Festival 2017 Wrap Up
[Ed. It has been a pleasure to follow Ron’s exhausting coverage of the festival. We’re blessed to have him on the team! A quick note: all feature photos were used…
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The Landlord
“If you didn’t sweat so much nobody’d take you for a landlord,” Fanny (Diana Sands) tells Elgar (Beau Bridges). “You could pass for a human being.” Actually, The Landlord does…
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Get Out
Jordan Peele is best known for his comedy work on Mad TV and Key and Peele, but for his feature film debut he chose a decidedly different path. Get Out…
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True/False Film Festival 2017 Day 4
It seems like every year I’m sitting in one of the two biggest venues in Columbia looking to a friend and lamenting the end of the True/False Film Festival. During…
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True/False Film Festival 2017 Day 3
It always takes me a day or two to adjust to a film festival schedule: wake up early to sit in a theater; cram meals in during short breaks; stay…
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