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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) is everything George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels promised to be, but fell short of. Director J. J. Abrams finds the pulse that somehow evaded creator Lucas himself:...
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READER RECOMMENDATION: LOVE (2015)
Reader recommendation by Careina Marcos DIRECTED BY: Gaspar Noé FEATURING: Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman, Klara Kristin PLOT: A couple from Paris who are intensively driven in sexual and emotional desire...
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: FOOD (2015)
Off the Air is a television series on Adult Swim that brings together several weird shorts with a common theme. If you’ve gotten lost in the deeper parts of YouTube, you may recognize a couple of them.
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10 WEIRDEST MOVIES OF 2015
Another cinema year has come and gone, and as always, if you dig deeper than the blockbuster reboots of Mad Max and Star Wars or the conservative Oscar-bait dramas trotted out at the end of the year...
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: NOWHERE LINE (2015)
Nowhere Line (2015) isn’t purposefully weird, but its presentation of an Australian offshore processing center is dark and eerie enough to win our approval. If you’re a fan of rotoscoped films like...
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: BELIEVES IN REINCARNATION, HATES HUGS (2015)
This short features a series of absurd animations along with captions that have little to do with the imagery.
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: I REMEMBER NOTHING (2015)
In what seems to be just another day, Joan experiences the five stages of an epileptic seizure. Although it isn’t over-the-top, this short’s depictions of altered states, especially one involving a...
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: SOCIALIST CIRCLE (2015)
Socialist Circle (2015) is essentially three and-a-half minutes of too much going on, or for our purposes, just enough going on. Content Warning: This short contains brief cartoon nudity and adult...
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CAPSULE: EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (2015)
El Abrazo de la Serpiente DIRECTED BY: Ciro Guerra FEATURING: Antonio Bolivar, Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis PLOT: In two journeys separated by decades, an Amazonian hermit and shaman...
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234. THE FORBIDDEN ROOM (2015)
“When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.”–John 6:12 DIRECTED BY: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson FEATURING: Louis Negin, Clara Furey,...
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: DOOR ON THE LEFT (2015)
Five contestants cheer each other on in a new game show. However, their enthusiasm dims as they realize what’s on the line.
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: TEETH (2015)
An elderly man tells the history of his obsession with teeth. Its depiction through animation and sound is a highly potent dose of cringe. Beware. Content Warning: This short contains brief non-sexual...
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CAPSULE: CHI-RAQ (2015)
DIRECTED BY: Spike Lee FEATURING: Teyonah Parris, Nick Cannon, Samuel L. Jackson, John Cusack, Jennifer Hudson, Angela Bassett, Wesley Snipes, Dave Chappelle, Harry Lennix, David Patrick Kelly, D.B....
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CAPSULE: THE PROPHET (2014)
AKA Kahlil Gibran’s the Prophet DIRECTED BY: Roger Allers (supervising); Paul Brizzi, Gaetan Brizzi, Joan C. Gratz, Mohammed Saeed Harib, Tomm Moore, Nina Paley, Bill Plympton, Joann Sfar, Michal Socha...
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: THIS IS SHE (2015)
A woman tries to settle into her new apartment, but there’s a strange spot on the wall that she can’t seem to cover up.
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CAPSULE: THEORY OF OBSCURITY: A FILM ABOUT THE RESIDENTS (2015)
DIRECTED BY: Don Hardy, Jr. FEATURING: Assorted PLOT: Various talking heads (including a member of the Talking Heads) reminisce and opine about the longest lasting and perhaps most creative performance...
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LIST CANDIDATE: APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD (2015)
Avril et le monde truqué DIRECTED BY: Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci FEATURING: Voices of Marion Cotillard, Philippe Katerine, Marc-André Grondin, Jean Rochefort, Bouli Lanners (French); Angela...
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CAPSULE: CONDEMNED (2015)
DIRECTED BY: Eli Morgan Gesner FEATURING: Dylan Penn, Ronen Rubinstein, Johnny Messner, Lydia Hearst, Honor Titus, Jordan Gelber PLOT: A rich girl runs away to live with her boyfriend in the condemned...
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366 UNDERGROUND: WINNERS TAPE ALL: THE HENDERSON BROTHERS STORY (2015)
DIRECTED BY: Justin Channell FEATURING: Zane Crosby, Joshua Lively, and Chris LaMartina PLOT: The exploits of a hyper-low-budget ’80s horror duo are chronicled in the form of a public access...
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POP MEETS THE VOID (2015, WILLIAM CUSICK)
William Cusick‘s Pop Meets The Void (2015) is what independent film should be: an alternative to mainstream cinema, as opposed to a low budget imitation of Hollywood fare. Cusick sees the artist as in...
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