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Film Reviews

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (dir. Jason Woliner): Moviefilm review

Dan Scully October 22, 2020 No Comments

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is hilarious to the point of incapacitation.

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THE NEST (dir. Sean Durkin): Film review

Dan Scully September 18, 2020 No Comments

Carrie Coon torches the screen contemporary version of a costume drama

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I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (dir. Charlie Kaufman): Film review

Dan Scully September 4, 2020 No Comments

Maybe my love for this movie is mostly because it’s a rock-and-roll act of writing

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RELIC (dir. Natalie Erika James): Film review

Dan Scully July 8, 2020 No Comments

The scariest thing I can think of, outside of a talking octopus that walks on land, is mental decline

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7500 (dir. Patrick Vollrath): Film review

Dan Scully June 17, 2020 No Comments

Taking place entirely within the cockpit of a hijacked commercial airliner, this minimalist performance piece benefits greatly from a high-level of sustained tension.

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BABYTEETH (dir. Shannon Murphy): Film review

Dan Scully June 17, 2020 No Comments

An A-rate tale of flawed, kindhearted humans doing their best to be as good as they possibly can.

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SHRED AMERICA (dir. Arthur Swidzinski): Film review

Dan Scully June 11, 2020 No Comments

Back in the summer of 2008, a group of skaters decided to go on an adventure.

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THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND (dir. Judd Apatow): Film review

Dan Scully June 11, 2020 No Comments

A moving tale of a delayed coming of age

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THE TRIP TO GREECE (dir. Michael Winterbottom): Film review

Dan Scully May 26, 2020 No Comments

While not an unwelcome addition to a now decade-long odyssey of travelers Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan, this final entry feels a bit flatter than its predecessors; a bit perfunctory. 

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THE WRETCHED (dir. Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce): Film review

Dan Scully May 5, 2020 1 Comment

It works so hard to invoke so many influences that it dilutes itself from being as memorable or as effective as it so clearly wants to be.

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THE SOUND OF THE WIND (dir. Jared Douglas): Film review

Scott Wiser April 24, 2020 No Comments

A gritty, realistic perspective on mental illness

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BALLOON (dir. Michael Herbig): Film review

Scott Wiser March 28, 2020 No Comments

The real life story of two East German families attempt to escape to West Germany via a homemade hot-air balloon. 

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THE HUNT (dir. Craig Zobel): Film review

Dan Scully March 14, 2020 No Comments

Above all dumb political concerns, this is a “humans being hunted” movie, and it’s a pretty good one. 

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POPCORN FALLS (Walnut Street): Ups and downs and non-stop surprises

Sarah Paulos March 14, 2020 No Comments

Another take on POPCORN FALLS

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LA BAYADERE (PA Ballet): Overcoming criticism

Eri Yoneda March 13, 2020 No Comments

The performance on opening night proved that Pennsylvania Ballet is now one of the top ballet companies in the world.

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KEELY AND DU (Allens Lane): 60-second review

Christopher Munden March 9, 2020 No Comments

An unexpected friendship

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POPCORN FALLS (Walnut Street): A disservice to small towns and comedy

Joshua Herren March 9, 2020 No Comments

Popcorn Falls is not the town it used to be! The historic waterfall (with some fictional connection to George Washington) has been dammed up. Tourists…

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TURN (Kimmel Center) 60-second review

Joshua Herren March 1, 2020 No Comments

For those that were worried that Turn, a musical exploration of being a black woman in America through the lens of Shakespeare’s Othello, might be…

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THE STEWARD OF CHRISTENDOM (IRT): What went wrong?

Toby Zinman March 1, 2020 No Comments

Sebastian Barry, author of The Steward of Christendom, is a major Irish playwright. I am a major fan of Irish drama. Irish Heritage Theatre, whose…

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I ♥ ALICE ♥ I (Curio): Feels like home

Joshua Herren February 27, 2020 No Comments

I ♥ ALICE ♥ I at Curio Theatre feels a lot like home to Josh Herren

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