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How does one describe “Mad God,” the stop-motion animated fantasy that took writer/director and special effects innovator Phil Tippett about 30 years to complete? “Mad God” doesn’t really have a conventional plot. More like there are...

Twenty-nine years ago, when “Jurassic Park” was released, computer-generated and digitally composited effects were still relatively new, but Spielberg’s team raised them to a new level of credibility by deploying them sparingly, often in nighttime and rainy scenes,...

Chicago-based writer/director Michael Glover Smith (“Mercury in Retrograde”) works in a filmmaking mode that’s been driven to the margins of modern culture. His intimate, actor-driven dramas are set not merely in the real world, but in specific locales, with dialogue...

I have probably seen Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” more than five times over the last 29 years. When I was just a 10-year-old kid, it was simply awesome to watch all those magnificent dinosaurs on a big...

When does a true crime documentary cross the line between telling a story, and exploiting it? “Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey” unintentionally raises that question throughout its four-episode run despite being a well-made, comprehensive, and expansive look...

Summer is superhero season, so it seems only fitting that “The Janes” is coming out now. But it doesn’t feature brawny, larger-than-life figures swooping in to save the day; rather, it focuses on a group of...

In 2001, India marked the beginning of a period of economic stability. Jobs outsourced from the developed world arrived in India, where almost every college graduate spoke English. Indians in their thirties and forties had more...

The new FX limited series “Pistol,” available on Hulu, takes a six-part journey into the anarchic history of the legendary Sex Pistols, the British band that catapulted the punk movement with their brash, noisy, rebelliousness and...

Produced, written and directed by Melissa Haizlip, the celebrated documentary, “Mr. SOUL!” is the proud recipient of the prestigious 2022 Peabody Award. The announcement was made by Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman, and the award is being presented for...

Scene: interior, day, (imagined) pitch meeting at Marvel HQ. Executive: “We need fresh ideas, folks. Our shareholders are worried about our market value.” Employee 1: “But our market value is estimated to be $50 billion.” Executive:...