Category: Drama
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With ‘American Fiction,’ Cord Jefferson offers a fresh lens on the cinematic sub-genre of racial satire
Cord Jefferson’s hilarious and thought-provoking film continues a long-standing cinematic tradition, expanding the conversation around the impact of systemic racism in today’s media.
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‘American Fiction’ Speaks Truth
American Fiction is a genuinely entertaining film with a few lessons.
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Not Much More than Magic in ‘Maestro’
In ‘Maestro,’ we’re left with an impression but not with an understanding of the main character.
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‘Cyrano’ (2022): A Bittersweet Tale of Unrequited Love and Self-Acceptance
This modern update of the beloved classic swaps Cyrano’s signature pronounced nose for achondroplasia, for a different vision that still retains the original’s essence.
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The Good Deeds in ‘A Good Person’
‘A Good Person’ makes it clear that forgiveness is hard.
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A Queer Review of the Austin Film Festival (2023)
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
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‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’
The enthralling prequel and 5th installment in ‘The Hunger Games’ film franchise.
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Making a Killing in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is preoccupied with plot and not on the greater struggle of the Osage.
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‘Pain Hustlers’ (2023): An Opioid Crisis
What starts off as a success story for a single mother living below the poverty line, slowly begins to weave itself into a tangled web of greed, guilt, and destruction.
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‘Nyad’ (2023): Just Keep Swimming
This inspiring true story falls nothing short of filling the audience with a passion to strive for their wildest dreams.