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The newest Lord of the Rings saga brings Japanese anime to Middle-earth
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It’s a movie that feels aimed at Tolkien enthusiasts, but also one that wants to be welcoming to newcomers.
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‘Look Into My Eyes’ documents contemporary loneliness and the supernatural
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Most Nashvillians will know filmmaker Lana Wilson for her Taylor Swift documentary, Miss Americana (2020). Wilson also directed the Brooke Shields documentary Pretty Baby (2023) as well as an examination of extremism and abortion in America (After Tiller, 2015), and a meditation on suicide in Japanese culture (The Departure, 2017). Wilson’s new movie, Look Into My Eyes reads like a blend of the filmmaker’s curiosities with interesting personalities and particular cultural trends. The movie was released by A24 in September and it’s now streaming on MAX. Look Into My Eyes is a mosaic portrait of a handful of psychic readers in New York City.
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Jesse Eisenberg’s ‘A Real Pain’ is a goofy, grief-y don’t-miss road movie
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Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain is a buddy film, a road trip movie, a fish out of water story and an odd couple tale.
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The Substance is a sensational gross-out that’s heading for the Oscars
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Is it weird to be writing about horror movies as we head into the New Year?
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Low waters and high weirdness in ‘Caddo Lake’
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M. Night Shyamalan is having a moment on the small screen.
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Spooky streams for Halloween screen screams
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Here are my movie recommendations for this year’s scary celebrating:
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Lee Daniels’s ‘The Deliverance’ sparks spooky season with supernatural spirit on Netflix
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The Deliverance is Lee Daniels’s first foray into horror filmmaking.
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Civil War upsets expectations to deliver a poetic, personal meditation on war and trauma
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And a film that might have only supported the elite establishment, parroting the predictable talking points of neoliberal imperialism, instead does something smarter and more poetic.