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20-10-2025 Vol 19

Month: July 2025

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…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…