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One of my favorite yearly traditions in doing Short Films In Focus is getting to write about the Oscar-nominated shorts. These showcases (as with any short film program) treat movie-lovers to an unpredictable batch of films from...

Over the years I’ve seen contestants on singing shows try a Burt Bacharach–Hal David song—”Walk on By,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” etc. But the big rule of reality shows of “make an impression” means that...

You may have been surprised to see the ads for FOX’s “Animal Control” during the Super Bowl last night and said to yourself, “I didn’t know they made that kind of show anymore.” They really don’t....

“Magic” Mike Lane can’t stop bumping and grinding. He’s the male stripper version of a bank robber or cowboy who swears he’s retired but gets lured back into action for one last job. “Magic Mike’s Last...

Benjamin Caron’s “Sharper,” now in limited theatrical release and streaming on Apple TV+ next week, allows one to imagine what Julianne Moore and John Lithgow could have done with an ‘80s David Mamet screenplay like “House...

The Danish/English horror movie “Attachment” has a striking list of fears: a partner’s overbearing parent, a possible scary history of said partner, and evil spirits known in Judaism as dybbuks. With some emotional ambition, these uneasy feelings...

Rebecca Harrell Tickell considers sharing a “puddle jumper” with Roger Ebert en route to the 1998 Virginia Film Festival a “defining” moment for her. She was traveling to the festival on behalf of John D. Hancock’s...

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a new romantic comedy is premiering this Friday, February 10th, on Prime Video, and it is an utter delight. “Somebody I Used to Know” marks the second directorial feature effort...

Netflix has become a home for top-notch sports documentaries, and this week brings the streaming service one of its most prestigious, a two-part film from Sam Pollard, the brilliant filmmaker behind “MLK/FBI” and co-director of “Mr....

Emerging from the Covid era of virtual festivals with a seeming new resolve to top itself in what it does best, the 52nd Annual Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) opened an all in-person festival on January...