Mass is a movie that feels like a play. The basic gist is that four individuals are sitting around a table discussing the fallout from…
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The latest on cinema in Philadelphia, including Philadelphia films, independent cinema, and Philly film festivals.
Red Rocket (dir. Sean Baker): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Sean Baker has built a career making films that shed a light on fringe communities
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The French Dispatch (dir. Wes Anderson): Philadelphia Film Festival review
No matter what you think, you don’t have Wes Anderson pegged.
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The Sadness (dir. Rob Jabbaz): Philadelphia Film Festival review
I didn’t expect to have my stomach turned in any notable way.
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The Novice (dir. Lauren Hadaway): Philadelphia Film Festival review
A basic description of The Novice would be “Whiplash, but with rowing instead of drumming.”
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Lisette: A Haitian song travels through Philadelphia history and beyond
The oldest-known Haitian song has a Philadelphia connection.
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Annette (dir. Leos Carax): Film review
The most exciting thing about ANNETTE is the way it breaks the formal rules of a musical, most notably in how it begins and ends its songs.
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The Tomorrow War (dir. Chris McKay): Film review
When the film embraces its B-movie vibes, it rocks extremely hard. It’s when it takes itself too seriously that it ends up coming across as silly.
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My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To (dir. Jonathan Cuartas): Film review
A film which will stick with you long after it ends.
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THE SPARKS BROTHERS (dir. Edgar Wright): Film review
Perhaps the most wonderful thing about the film is how welcoming it is to new fans.
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (dir. Michael Chaves): Film review
A disappointing entry in the Conjuring canon
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In the Heights (dir. Jon M. Chu): Film review
The musical which first put Lin-Manuel Miranda on the map gets a cinematic treatment
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10th Philadelphia Latino Film Festival Begins This Weekend
The Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (PHLAFF) returns for its 10th annual edition, May 30 to June 6, 2021.
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Army of the Dead (dir. Zack Snyder): Film review
More so than anything else, ARMY OF THE DEAD is a great piece of entertainment
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Adverse (dir. Brian Metcalf): Film review
It’s not the plot that resonates once the credits roll — it’s the characters.
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Oxygen (dir. Alexandre Aja): Film review
This solid thriller had reviewer Dan Scully clenching his clenchables much harder than he expected
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Opera Philadelphia’s FREE world premiere THEY STILL WANT TO KILL US commemorates 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
On Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 8pm EST, a group of arts institutions across the nation will premiere the short film They Still Want to…
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The Mauritanian (dir. Kevin Macdonald): Film review
The Mauritanian is very worth watching, but it feels like it exists just a few years too late.
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Wrath of Man (dir. Guy Ritchie): Film review
WRATH OF MAN, the British gangster-heist-revenge film from Guy Ritchie, is a legitimately great movie
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Mortal Kombat (dir. Simon McQuoid): Film review
It’s never easy to adapt a video game to film, mostly because the fun of a game is typically not the plot, so much as…
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