You see a car going down a highway through fields of high grass. On the radio, Sam Cooke is singing “It’s All Right”. That’s the last pleasant sound you hear till the end of In the Tall Grass. The rest of the sounds you hear for the next ninety minutes …
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Movie Review: ‘Atlantics’ at the 57th New York Film Festival
A terrific film in all respects, Mati Diop’s 'Atlantics' is a hybrid mystery, horror, and magical realism love story that won the Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ and the ’60s Filmic Simulation
As the nostalgic references keep piling up, all the glamorous faces, sweaty outsiders, vibrant marquees, hot spots, and shindigs reverberate as though conjured up by a cinephile's melancholy spell.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Kingdom’
'Kingdom' delivers action and adventure while not skipping out on high-quality performances.
Read More »Anthem Film Festival Review: ‘Miracle in East Texas’ with Kevin Sorbo, John Ratzenberger
Two Depression-era con men are forced to dig deep and reconsider who they are when their go-to scheme has unexpected, miracle-like results.
Read More »Anthem Film Review: Libertarians are Funny – Here’s Proof
Libertarians are funny. No, not that way. They have a great funny bone as evidenced by the comedies at this year's Anthem Film Festival.
Read More »San Antonio Film Festival Review: Alex Wolff’s ‘The Cat and the Moon’ – U.S. Premiere
Alex Wolff ('Hereditary') makes his feature debut as writer and director of an assured film about a troubled teen.
Read More »Anthem Film Festival Review: ‘The Fight of Our Lives’ Posits Collapse of Western Civilization
This exemplary documentary argues that Western civilization must fight for its existence or face collapsing, possibly very soon.
Read More »Anthem Film Festival Reviews: Freedom – Economic, Personal and Political
Freedom can be attacked by regulation, medication and tanks. These films explored each of those methods
Read More »Anthem Film Review: Three Films Out of Iran
Three films chosen for this year’s Anthem Libertarian Film Festival were created in Iran. Film festival director Jo Ann Skousen said how glad she was to have these submissions, given the risks filmmakers took making the films.
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