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The Juche Idea
By T.R. Witcher
Jim Finn’s strange new film plays as a sort of mockumentary about a South Korean activist (Lee) who joins an artists’ commune in North Korea, where she spends her days doing farm work and making revolutionary propaganda films based on, and in accordance with, Juche, that country’s state ideology. Read more...
Lost in the Fog
By T.R. Witcher
It’s impossible not to like cantankerous Harry Aleo, a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge and dyed-in-the-wool Reaganite who loves to tweak the “loony liberals” in his San Francisco neighborhood. Read more...
Go Go Tales
Things are not going well at Ray Ruby’s Paradise. Ray (Dafoe) is four months behind on his rent, to an obnoxious landlady (Sylvia Miles) who keeps threatening to turn the strip club into a Bed, Bath & Beyond. The number of customers seems to be dwindling (“A business like this goes in cycles,” the club host (Hoskins) keeps explaining). The dancers haven’t been paid on time and are grumbling about a work stoppage. Read more...
Memorial Day
By Tasha Chemplavil
Writer and director Josh Fox cast award-winning performance ensemble the International WOW Company in his deeply disturbing and entirely provocative Memorial Day. The film starts with a montage of public signs heralding veterans for their part in securing our nation’s freedom. Read more...
Finally, Lillian and Dan
Watching Finally, Lillian and Dan is like being on a first date with someone who thinks it’s going really well, while you’re checking your watch every 30 seconds and debating whether or not to fake receiving an emergency phone call. The film bills itself as an awkward love story. Read more...
Hi My Name Is Ryan
Ryan Avery is a walking contradiction. The Phoenix native is actually in his early 20s, though he looks much younger. He sings in violent, controversial punk-rock bands that belie his Mormon background. Read more...
The Black List: Volume One
Your reaction to The Black List will depend largely on your expectations for documentary filmmaking, though it’s difficult to imagine anyone not being at least intrigued and entertained by it. Read more...
Dark Streets
By Josh Bell
Lavishly styled but narratively lax, Dark Streets slides by just enough on its beautiful images and sumptuous soundtrack to be worth seeing. If your favorite thing about film noir is the atmosphere, and your favorite thing about musicals are the production numbers, then you might just love Rachel Samuels’ dark and moody ode to jazz and corruption in 1930s New Orleans. Read more...
