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Month: July 2025
July 03, 2025
Entertainment, Film, Gareth Edwards, Jurassic World Rebirth, News, Reviews, TV show
Jurassic World Rebirth Review: The Franchise’s Stagnation Continues
If you’ve kept up with right-wing tech oligarch Peter Thiel (or at least his interviews) you’ve probably noted his obsession…
July 02, 2025
Entertainment, Festivals & Awards, Film, News, TV show
A Dispatch From the Bentonville Film Festival
Eleven years ago, Bentonville, Arkansas didn’t even have a theatre, so it was a surprising offer when founding sponsor Walmart…
July 02, 2025
Entertainment, Film, News, Short Films in Focus, TV show
Short Films in Focus: Q&A with “Living Reality” Director Philip Thompson
Philip Thompson’s “Living Reality” takes viewers on a strange journey through a terrible TV sitcom, where characters recite lines that…
The Unloved, Part 138: Rebel Moon
As with Michael Bay, I was waiting (if not patiently) for the day Zack Snyder produced something I found essential,…
July 02, 2025
Alex Ross Perry, Critic's Pick, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, IFFR 2025, News, Reviews, TV show, Videoheaven
Videoheaven Review: Alex Ross Perry’s Whirlwind Tour Through the Golden Age of the Video Store
In Videoheaven, Blockbuster––to take after Thom Andersen––plays itself. Now deep in a pop-cultural-scholarship phase inaugurated by his last feature Pavements,…
July 01, 2025
Entertainment, Film, News, Tributes, TV show
Light the Fuse: Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025)
The world lost one of its greatest musical talents on Thursday when the great Argentinian composer Lalo Schifrin died after…
July 01, 2025
Entertainment, Features, Film, News, TV show
Sex and Threads: The Major Works of Takashi Miike
The major works of filmmaker Takashi Miike, “Audition” (1999) and “Ichi The Killer” (2001), are proclamations of a filmmaker with…