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2015-02-27T23:02:03-05:00

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In the Bedroom (Field, 2001) — 10 Years Later

Last updated on: February 27, 2015 at 11:02 pm By Tom Hyland

After viewing In the Bedroom for the first time, I am left with one emotion that best describes this work – honesty. (more…) Read more

2015-02-27T22:55:27-05:00

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2011 Top 10

Last updated on: February 27, 2015 at 10:55 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

At various points in the year, I considered five different films for the top slot. Normally that might mean that there was no runaway film that I really fell in love with, but the opposite was true. The difficulty in picking just one was reflective of the different ways in which I adored each of these films. Read more

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2015-02-27T22:58:52-05:00

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Making the Boys (Robey, 2011)

Last updated on: February 27, 2015 at 10:58 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Making the Boys feels at times like it is seven potentially great documentaries struggling to emerge from one good one. Read more

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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey (Marks & Shane, 2011)

Last updated on: July 26, 2014 at 8:10 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Being Elmo is good. Read more

2015-02-27T22:41:08-05:00

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I Confess (Hitchcock, 1953)

Last updated on: February 27, 2015 at 10:41 pm By Tom Hyland

I Confess (1953) is an Alfred Hitchcock film that has flown under the radar since its premiere; the box office figures were disappointing and there has been a lack of critical analysis for this work, especially when compared to most of his American films. Read more

2015-02-27T22:51:56-05:00

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part I (Condon, 2011)

Last updated on: February 27, 2015 at 10:51 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

While I do not count myself amongst the franchise's devotees—I have read the first book and seen all the films, mostly out of anthropological curiosity—I have come to wonder whether some its most hostile critics might be engaged in what Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick calls "paranoid readings." Read more

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2015-02-27T22:39:21-05:00

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Alps (Lanthimos, 2011)

Last updated on: February 27, 2015 at 10:39 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Over at The Thin Place, the podcast I host at Film Geek Radio, Todd Truffin and I have just wrapped a special episode on Giorgos Lanthimos’s Alps. (more…) Read more

2015-02-27T22:38:00-05:00

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Of God and Gucci (Rennar, 2011)

Last updated on: February 27, 2015 at 10:38 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

Part art therapy, part legal document (it contains footage of the mediation resulting from the director's lawsuit against the Roman Catholic church), part political argument, Keith Rennar's Of God and Gucci is the director's attempt to explain and understand the effects that years of sexual abuse had on him. Read more

2015-02-27T22:36:11-05:00

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The Other F Word (Nevins, 2011)

Last updated on: February 27, 2015 at 10:36 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

It is hard for me to say, precisely, when The Other F Word lost me for good. Read more

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Virginia Film Festival 2011

Andrea Blaugrund Nevins

2015-02-27T22:33:43-05:00

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Wrestling for Jesus (Clarke, 2011)

Last updated on: February 27, 2015 at 10:33 pm By Kenneth R. Morefield

When asked to describe his film, director Nathan Clarke said in an interview, he likes to say it is "everything you expect from the title and everything you don't." Read more

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Wrestling for Jesus

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