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New Releases: The Work
Folsom State Prison in California is home to “The Work”, a program that mixes both prisoners and members of the…
New Releases: Mother!
Gratuitous splatter-fest or underrated masterpiece? Big Picture critic Thomas Puhr reviews Darren Aronofsky’s latest, Mother!
Lost Classic: Hearts of Darkness (Bahr, Hickenlooper & Coppola, 1991)
The great French director Francois Truffaut won an Academy Award for Day For Night (1972), a behind the scenes look…
New Releases: Get Out
Simultaneously a creepy horror movie and a witty comedy, Get Out is the debut feature from actor-turned-director Jordan Peele, who…
Lost Classic: Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter, 1987)
In his best films, John Carpenter straddles the fuzzy line between auteur and genre craftsman. This tendency is on full…
New Releases: Manchester by the Sea
The always watchable Casey Affleck has already picked up a Golden Globe, with an Oscar likely to follow, for his…
Lost Classic: The Way, Way Back (Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, 2013)
Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s The Way, Way Back is a typical teen movie in so many ways. It captures…
New Releases: Be My Cat: A Film for Anne
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