Eighteen hours of television have led up to the finale of Twin Peaks’ third season. But was it truly worth waiting twenty-five years for?
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Stooge
This is not a film about Iggy Pop. It’s not even a film about a man who loves Iggy Pop. It is an exploration of what it means to be alive, of what drives a person, and ultimately trying to capture the unexplainable.
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Brigsby Bear
The Lonely Island teams up with director Dave McCary and writer/actor Kyle Mooney to create a comedy very much unlike their previous work – tender, poignant, and heartwarming.
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Swaying Mariko
Koji Segawa’s entry in this year’s Raindance International Feature competition is a profound look at marriage, loneliness, and the human psyche, all through the lens of restrictive Japanese society.
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Ingrid Goes West
Alfred Hitchcock meets the Instagram generation in Matt Spicer’s comically depraved cautionary tale for the avocado toast generation, with a revelatory performance by Aubrey Plaza.
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Mutafukaz
Quirky and unconventional, Guillaume “Run” Renard’s collaboration with anime legends Studio 4ºC is good cinematic fun, but trips over its own untied loose ends.
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Person To Person
Dustin Guy Defa’s newest film is a sight to behold, but ultimately a masterclass in making movies where nothing ever happens.
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Southern Gothic’s Relevance Today: Tallahassee by The Mountain Goats
Southern Gothic as a literary genre may appear to have long since faded into the annals of American history, but its spirit lives on – and remains ever relevant – in this seminal album from The Mountain Goats.
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Neo Yokio
Netflix’s new anime parody series boasts a mostly talented voice cast, but flat animation and an excess of thematic focuses leave it drifting just short of the stars.
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The Perks of Multilingualism
In the 20th century, English became the most commonly spoken language (including both native speakers and non-native speakers). This has recently been overtaken by the surge in the number of native speakers of Chinese and Spanish, which in turn begs the question – is the rise in multilingualism something to be welcomed, or rebuked?
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Twin Peaks: The Return
Eighteen hours of television have led up to the finale of Twin Peaks’ third season. But was it truly worth waiting twenty-five years for?
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