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Review of Wait for Your Laugh (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 09 Nov 2017

With Rose Marie, you never had to wait long to laugh…

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Review of Nails (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 09 Nov 2017

The shame of it is, Nails could also function as an all-too-timely parable about women not being listened to when reporting assault, but it's…

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Review of Brimstone & Glory (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 02 Nov 2017

The 67-minute Brimstone & Glory is many things: ruthlessly economical, mesmerizing to look at, and downright vertiginous when scaling a castle…

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Review of Jane (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 25 Oct 2017

By necessity, Morgen added in the ambient nature sounds and an appropriately lush score by Philip Glass in full-tilt doodle-deedle-doodle-deedle…

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Review of Jane (2016)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 25 Oct 2017

By necessity, Morgen added in the ambient nature sounds and an appropriately lush score by Philip Glass in full-tilt doodle-deedle-doodle-deedle…

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Review of Tom of Finland (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 18 Oct 2017

Though not explicit per se, Tom of Finland is quite visceral; you can practically smell this movie, with many scenes reeking of cigarettes,…

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Review of The Wild (2006)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 18 Oct 2017

Wild is a top-notch portrait of alienation that doesn't skimp on carrying its bestial themes to their logical and often moist conclusions…

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Review of Dina (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 18 Oct 2017

The off-center romance of Dina is enough to make you think that maybe there really is someone for everyone…

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Review of Marshall (2017)

By Jeffrey Edalatpour (80) for SF Weekly (560) on 11 Oct 2017

This straightforward courtroom drama excavates the struggle for Black civil rights without making it seem like ancient history…

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Review of Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017)

By Jeffrey Edalatpour (80) for SF Weekly (560) on 11 Oct 2017

An infomercial slowly bubbles up to the surface from the shallows of Rory Kennedy's documentary Take Every Wave - The Life Of Laird Hamilton…

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Review of Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 11 Oct 2017

Books are ... present throughout, including lots of tasty archiving porn in the Picture Collection and especially the Berg Collection…

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Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

By Peter Lawrence Kane (3) for SF Weekly (560) on 05 Oct 2017

It avoids strip-mining the original or recycling old ideas, and there aren't any contrived twists…

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Review of Lucky (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 04 Oct 2017

John Carroll Lynch's lovely Lucky has exactly as much story as it needs, and it doesn't need much considering that it's the final leading role…

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Review of My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 04 Oct 2017

My Little Pony: The Movie has plenty to offer viewers of all ages, it does not require prior familiarity with Friendship Is Magic, and it's…

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Review of Chavela (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 04 Oct 2017

Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi's documentary Chavela is both a celebration of the rough but ultimately triumphant life of Mexican ranchera…

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Review of Lucky (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 04 Oct 2017

John Carroll Lynch's lovely Lucky has exactly as much story as it needs, and it doesn't need much considering that it's the final leading role…

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Review of Loving Vincent (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 04 Oct 2017

In the end, Loving Vincent feels more impersonal than other recent (and arguably more truly handmade) animated films, such as The Girl Without…

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Review of Lucky (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 04 Oct 2017

John Carroll Lynch's lovely Lucky has exactly as much story as it needs, and it doesn't need much considering that it's the final leading role…

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Review of Unrest (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 27 Sep 2017

Brea shot much of the film on her iPhone, which often gives it the tone of a found-footage horror film…

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Review of The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017)

By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 20 Sep 2017

In addition to being a sweet portrait of a local legend, Untold Tales demonstrates that it's possible for privileged white males to rise above…

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