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Review of Look at Me: XXXTENTACION (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 13 Apr 2022

A documentary that is “authorized” by his estate––which perhaps gives mother Bernard a platform to right his wrongs––the picture…

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Review of Anonymous Club (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 13 Apr 2022

Anonymous Club’s power is in its meditative nature, reflecting on the intersection of celebrity and creativity…

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Review of To Leslie (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 13 Apr 2022

While perhaps a bit too neat in terms of its plot and resolution, the film is an unflinching portrait and powerful character study that hinges…

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Review of See You Then (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 29 Mar 2022

What is most fascinating about Walker’s feature is the intoxicating rhythm it concocts while taking certain narrative liberties as both Kris…

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Review of Soft & Quiet (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 24 Mar 2022

To say Soft & Quiet is designed to get your blood boiling is an understatement—it makes its intentions very clear when a pie for the meeting…

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Review of Gone in the Night (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 21 Mar 2022

The film’s final revelations are underdeveloped and underwhelming, wrapping up events neatly in a way that lacked the humor of earlier scenes…

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Review of I Love My Dad (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 20 Mar 2022

I Love My Dad is as funny as it is mortifying, with Oswalt as a kind of sociopathic Cyrano de Bergerac justifying his behavior in the name…

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Review of Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 16 Mar 2022

The film may be Linklater’s warmest and most nostalgic precisely because of its specifics…

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Review of Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 14 Mar 2022

It’s a film that gleefully, hilariously subverts expectations at every corner, borrowing à la music videos from pop culture, experimental…

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Review of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 14 Mar 2022

Like Cage, it’s a curious creation, one that never quite matches the ambitions of the man of the hour, but does allow him to poke fun at…

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Review of Navalny (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 03 Feb 2022

The geopolitical stakes are immense and Navalny is essential viewing, especially for any Western audience that may have not been following…

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Review of Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 28 Jan 2022

Having two terrific stars front and center isn’t nearly enough when they’re only given permission to run wild in this small of a playground…

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Review of See for Me (2022)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 09 Jan 2022

It’s frustrating when a film provides us with an original character and an engaging first act while following so predictably in the shoes…

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Review of A Journal for Jordan (2021)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 30 Dec 2021

A film such as this lives and dies by its leads, and both are wonderful on-screen together, creating a realistic love story that works well…

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Review of Lady Buds (2021)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 24 Nov 2021

Well-constructed if not repetitive in certain passages, Lady Buds is an engaging and comprehensive look at the many dimensions of legalization,…

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Review of Freeland (2021)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 14 Oct 2021

Capturing the rhythms of life on a rural Humble County, California commune in a changing cultural landscape, Kate McLean and Mario Furloni’s…

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Review of The Nowhere Inn (2021)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 17 Sep 2021

Director Bill Benz (best known for episodes of Portlandia), Clark, and Brownstein have a good deal of fun playing the business side of show…

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Review of 499 (2021)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 03 Aug 2021

499 is often as riveting as it is stunning to consume: a spiritual journey punctuated with inhumane acts of violence intertwined with a certain…

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Review of My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 24 Jun 2021

Although masterfully directed and performed, the film somehow feels a bit unresolved, especially since the family lives in a populated suburb…

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Review of The Human Factor (2021)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 04 Jun 2021

Moreh’s approach creates a surprisingly comprehensive, if (by design) one-sided, American-centric view of the peace process…

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