Mega chains like AMC, Regal, and Cinemark have, for now, shut the doors on their locations nationwide, but many independent theaters don’t have the resources of those corporations to sustain a prolonged closure. Adam Lubitow checks in with the local indie movie houses to find out how patrons can help.
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Streaming review: ‘Blow the Man Down’
This past weekend Amazon Prime debuted “Blow the Man Down,” Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy’s compelling crime thriller that should make an excellent option for those looking for a bit of sex, murder, and mystery in their quarantine watching.
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Movies under quarantine
With most local art institutions closed down due to COVID-19 precautions, we’ll all be consuming entertainment from the comfort of our own homes for the foreseeable future. For many, this means getting our movie fix through streaming services.
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A very bland adventure
“Wendy” never entirely earns the emotions at its core, leeching any resonance it does have through whatever attachment the viewer might have to the original “Peter Pan” story.
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What you can’t see
Writer-director Leigh Whannell’s re-envisioning of “The Invisible Man” switches up the traditional perspective, centering the story not on the person with supernatural abilities, but on what it might feel like to be their prey.
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Film preview: ‘Greed’
British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom re-teams with comedian Steve Coogan for “Greed,” a barbed but frequently uneven comedy taking aim at the fast fashion industry.
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Burning desire
Anchored by two exquisite performances from Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is a simmering love story about desire, the female gaze, and the enduring beauty of art.
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Film review: ‘Beanpole’
The traumas of war linger long after the fighting has ended for the characters of Kantemir Balagov’s “Beanpole,” an unsparingly bleak but compelling tale of two female soldiers striving to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of World War II.
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Whisper to a scream
It’s impossible not to think of Harvey Weinstein while watching “The Assistant.” Though the disgraced movie mogul never appears on screen, nor is he mentioned by name, his presence haunts Kitty Green’s piercing look at systemic abuses of power in the workplace.
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Hazardous terrain ahead
As is often the case with English-language remakes, “Downhill” ends up smoothing out the rough edges of the source material, removing some of the potent ambiguity at the heart of the original’s examination of masculinity, family dynamics, and gender roles.
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Film preview: ‘Color Out of Space’
An adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft short story, “Color Out of Space” centers on the Gardner family, who’ve recently relocated from the city to a remote farmhouse in rural Massachusetts. With its mix of straight-up horror, gooey makeup effects, and performances that dance along the edges of camp, the film is the platonic ideal of a midnight movie.
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The 7th Annual Lubies
Now entering their seventh year, The Lubies are CITY’s rambunctious Oscar alternative, bestowing the highly sought after Golden Everything Burrito upon the films, performances, and trends that made the biggest impression over this past year.
