Some random final thoughts to close out 2023: I am a football fan. It comes in large part due to my dad playing for the NY Jets when they ...
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"Lumi" Wins "Best Animation" at 1st Film Festival
" Lumi " wins "Best Animated Short" at 1st Film Festival Congratulations to the makers of " Lumi ", ...
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Best of 2023- Part 1
This is the first group of films that are the absolute films I saw in 2023- the tip top of these films will be posted tomorrow. DOWNWIND-fr...
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Worst of 2023
Saturday, December 30, 2023
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There is some talk that we shouldn't have a worst of the year list but I think we need to warn people about the bad films out there Bu...
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Fifteen 2023 Horror Films with Great Performances
This is Ted Geoghegan's fault. Ted and I were talking about the great horror performances this year and about how some of the year en...
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Worst of 2023
There is some talk that we shouldn't have a worst of the year list but I think we need to warn people about the bad films out there Bu...
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Unseen Film Awards 2023 - Pro and Anti
The Unseen Film Awards are going to take the same path that they followed in 2020 when covid forced the awards to skip awarding a prize for ...
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The report on covering the red carpet for SHARI AND LAMB CHOP at DOC NYC
Thursday, December 28, 2023
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On Saturday I met Lamb Chop and Mallory Lewis, who took over being Lamb Chop’s companion. It was a day of craziness, only some of which I ...
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Two by Chris Rutledge -TROMBONE JONES and DATE NIGHT
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
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TROMBONE JONES This is the story of a returning soldier who is unable to get a job. Picking up the trombone he manages to teach himself h...
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GODLAND (2022)
A priest is sent from Denmark to Iceland in order to build a church. Unfortunately the priest's holier than thou attitude causes damag...
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Teachers Lounge (2023) opens Christmas Day
When things begin disappearing in her school and a student is accused of doing it a teacher begins to look into the matter and ends up cau...
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FREMONT (2023)
Odds are FREMONT is going to kick you in the ass. This simple film about an Afghani woman living in the Bay Area who works in fortune cook...
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Fallen Leaves (2023)
Aki Kaurismäki comedy romance is a delight. It's the story of two people who collide together and kind of fall in love despite things...
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Teachers Lounge (2023) opens Christmas Day
When things begin disappearing in her school and a student is accused of doing it a teacher begins to look into the matter and ends up cau...
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2023 Catchup reviews: DUMB MONEY, ETERNAL MEMORY, BLACKBERRY, and BIRTH/REBIRTH
DUMB MONEY This is the story of the Game Stop short sell where individual investors made millions at the expense of Wall Street. This is ...
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Nightcap 12/17/23 - Random Notes
A couple of quick notes: First a reminder that my end of the year lists will be based on what I saw this calendar year. I see too much to...
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Rebel Moon: Child of Fire (2023)
Saturday, December 23, 2023
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Destined to be expanded by a second part and another hour of material for a directors cut the first part of REBEL MOON is already too lon...
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Merry Christmas from Escape Studios
If you've got a few minutes this Christmas Eve, why not watch Richard Williams' 1972 Oscar-winning version of The Christmas Carol ...
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Ferrari (2023) opens Christmas
Michael Mann's FERRARI is pretty okay. I mean that sincerely, it's a pretty okay film. I say this because that was the thought I ...
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2023 Catch up reviews: L'IMMENSITA and TOTEM
L'IMMENSITA Penelope Cruz stars as a mother who, in the 1970's, moves with her family to Rome for a better life and finds life a...
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Boys In The Boat (2023)
This is the story of the 1930's University of Washington rowing team that went to Germany in 1936 and took home the gold. George Cloon...
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The Color Purple (2023) opens Christmas Day
Thursday, December 21, 2023
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This film version of the musical of the Alice Walker novel will move you to tears. The full on emotion in the story is amplified by the mu...
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The Promised Land (2023)
Mads Mikkelsen stars in a grand epic of the sort they don't make any more. You need to see this on a big screen with a big bucket of p...
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BREAKWATER (2023)
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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BREAKWATER is good little thriller. It’s perfect for a night on the couch. The film is the story of a you ex-con who breaks his parole ...
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MEMORY (2023) opens Friday
Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard are the reason to see this affecting drama. The plot concerns what happens when Sarsgaard follows Cha...
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New Animation Books for the Anim & VFX Library
We have more new books for the Animation & VFX Library on the 11th Floor at 6 Mitre Passage, our new home in North Greenwich. New boo...
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