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Review of Very Semi-Serious (2015)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 18 Nov 2015

Although set in an insular culture,Very Semi-Serious makes the experiences of the struggling cartoonists universal to anyone who tries to do…

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Review of Heart of a Dog (1988)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 12 Nov 2015

Anderson's dreamy documentary Heart of a Dog is one of her more outwardly accessible works, and also one of the best movies of the year…

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Review of Heart of a Dog (1976)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 12 Nov 2015

Anderson's dreamy documentary Heart of a Dog is one of her more outwardly accessible works, and also one of the best movies of the year…

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Review of Heart of a Dog (2015)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 12 Nov 2015

Anderson's dreamy documentary Heart of a Dog is one of her more outwardly accessible works, and also one of the best movies of the year…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By Maya Lekach (3) for SF Weekly (560) on 11 Nov 2015

Brooklyn is about more than choosing between lads. This is about choosing between fates in an era of newly won independence…

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Review of Tokyo Tribe (2014)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 11 Nov 2015

One of the joys of Japanese cinema is how it not only wholeheartedly embraces genres, but also happily mixes them up…

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Review of Trumbo (2007)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 11 Nov 2015

Trumbo works as a history lesson about the Hollywood Blacklist, but less so as a satisfying movie, falling prey to the standard trap of trying…

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Review of Trumbo (2015)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 11 Nov 2015

Trumbo works as a history lesson about the Hollywood Blacklist, but less so as a satisfying movie, falling prey to the standard trap of trying…

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Review of Theeb (2014)

By Joshua Rotter (5) for SF Weekly (560) on 11 Nov 2015

Theeb's stunning cinematography, quietly profound performances, and familiar Western-movie themes make this world one you'll want to inhabit…

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Review of Spotlight (2015)

By Maya Lekach (3) for SF Weekly (560) on 11 Nov 2015

Spotlight tells a crucial story of morals that still resonates amid continued injustices…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By Maya Lekach (3) for SF Weekly (560) on 11 Nov 2015

Brooklyn is about more than choosing between lads. This is about choosing between fates in an era of newly won independence…

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Review of What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy (2015)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 11 Nov 2015

Most troublingly, images of Nazis in modern Ukraine in What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy suggests that not being able to acknowledge that…

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Review of The Kindergarten Teacher (2014)

By Joshua Rotter (5) for SF Weekly (560) on 04 Nov 2015

Lapid's tense psychological drama leaves us with more questions than answers, but as with great poetry, or art in general, maybe everything…

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Review of I Smile Back (2015)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 04 Nov 2015

As studies in female depression go, I Smile Back is less satisfying as a cohesive film than the recent Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter, but Silverman's…

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Review of The Peanuts Movie (2015)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 04 Nov 2015

Steve Martino's wonderful The Peanuts Movie is a loving tribute not only to the original comic strips and cartoons, but to the man who created…

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Review of Nasty Baby (2015)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 29 Oct 2015

Sebastián Silva's Nasty Baby declares its button-pushing intentions right on its in-your-face title screen, but it actually ends up having…

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Review of Marshland (2014)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 29 Oct 2015

While we're still pretending that True Detective season 2 didn't happen, we have Alberto Rodríguez's thriller Marshland to satisfy our yearning…

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Review of Welcome to Leith (2015)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 29 Oct 2015

Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K…

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Review of Jem and the Holograms (2015)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 27 Oct 2015

Though there are some light sci-fi elements, the story remains largely grounded and based in the real world, focusing on the characters rather…

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Review of The Assassin (2015)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 21 Oct 2015

It's a beautifully directed film, no question, but also a glacially paced one, with performances that often give the impression that the cast…

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