Yes, the film is wonderfully shot, with something like a dozen songs from the final show to give its viewers a very intimate, exclusive look at a truly amazing performance, yet if not already a fan of the band’s music, or possessed of a deeper understanding of Murphy’s impact on the indie rock and dance music scenes, it all feels somewhat hollow.
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It’s been awfully fucking hot in the U.S. as of late, so it seems altogether appropriate that a list detailing the driest, most parched moments in cinema history be offered up this day.
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In the case of Rushmore and Moonrise Kingdom, the main characters really are children, yet possess a level of maturity and solemn purpose that largely outdistances their adult counterparts.
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Could Abraham Lincoln possibly have been a vampire hunter? Our resident history expert takes a look at the facets of ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ that were right and oh so wrong in this historical analysis of the silly, over-the-top action fantasy movie.
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Director Stephen Gyllenhaal was in town with the star of his newest picture, Jason Biggs, who both sat down with me for a few moments to talk about Grassroots, their newest film about politics in Seattle, and what it means to live a non-cynical life in an election year.
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‘Roller Town’ feels a lot like some of the more rushed, uninspired S.N.L. films like Superstar, A Night at the Roxbury, or The Ladies Man: features born out of a humorous joke never meant to last more than a handful of minutes.
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An internalized, meditative journey through maybe the darkest, most terrifying moment in any person’s life, Miller pieces his movie together by absorbing Shannon’s performance via a series of long, mostly-silent takes.
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This is a bad movie, folks, bad in a cringe-heavy, feel-kinda-bad-except-you-don’t-cause-you-wasted-hard-earned-money sort of way.
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Once Ms. Spacek appeared, this pale, twitchy throng surged forward against the dividing ropes, and pressed polite journalists ever closer to a point where tripod and camera-bag beatings seemed inevitable.
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Icelandic drama ‘Volcano (Eldfjall)’ offers honest truths about age, love, loss, and what it means to dedicate one’s self to another ‘til death do you part.
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Warren Cantrell reviews a new indie film from the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival: The point of the film isn’t to reveal any deeper truths about Martin or his world, but is instead a vicious exercise in cringe-cinema.
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‘Game of Werewolves’ screened at the at the 2012 Seattle International Film Festival and I was lucky enough not only to review the film, but to snag a quick video interview with director Juan Martinez Moreno!
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Actor-turned-director Matthew Lillard (Hackers, Scream, Scooby-Doo) has offered up his own treatise on late adolescence in the form of his debut directorial feature, Fat Kid Rules the World, and while it’s no Breakfast Club, its heart and sense of authenticity match up with anything Hughes ever delivered.
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‘I Am Not a Hipster’ is a one-week snapshot, and is an exploration into what it means to be a part of a community (even one so quirky as “hipster”), and how powerfully therapeutic music can be for a broken soul.
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Review of the new bird-watching documentary The Central Park Effect from the Seattle International Film Festival.
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