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For the first 15 minutes of “What Remains,” we follow around a Scandinavian man named Mads Lake (Gustav Skarsgård), formerly Sigge Storm. Bearded, grizzled, timid, always wearing a Rukka outdoor coat Lake is looking to start a new life after spending years in a psychiatric hospital. He tries (and fails) to get an apartment, gets […]

It’s not the worst movie out there. Admittedly, it’s an exploitation movie, produced for cheap to profit from the rising popularity of motorcycle gangs. Yes, there is an obligatory orgy, a few fights, copious amounts of beer, pot, and primal behavior. The clichés are there, what else were you expecting? Movies like “Hell’s Angels on

Regardless of where you stand, it is true that too many franchises and sequels are being initiated of late, something which should have you thinking. Let’s not get fretted as this is not an exclusively American issue and neither is it a recent one. After completing his second movie. The Most Beautiful, an Akira Kurosawa

Documentary filmmaker Maureen Castle Tusty’s newest film, “She Rises Up,” is a dossier about the international economy and a trio of women trying to carve their space within it. Focusing on the stories of Magatte from Senegal, Gladys from Peru, and Selyna from Sri Lanka, “She Rises Up,” allows these women to discuss the relationship

I am personally not fond of the Lo Wei films starring Jackie and I am particularly glad he managed to get out of his studio at a later stage, which was not very simple for him, which in turn resulted in some dreadful movies like Fearless Hyena 2, but I will discuss that in some

It feels limiting or a disservice to call “Hummingbirds” simply a documentary. This quiet gem from best friends and first-time filmmakers Silvia Del Carmen Castaños and Estefanía “Beba” Contreras is so much more than that. A glowing self-portrait of their friendship, a call to activism, a summer bestie comedy full of devilish antics, and a

Beginning with a wonky opening chase sequence, “Trigger Warning” lacks urgency. Beginning in Syria’s Badiyat al-Sham Desert, an elite squad led by Parker (Jessica Alba) zip after potential terrorists in CGI trucks that look like Lego vehicles riding across the sand. Parker’s jeep, a jalopy on a soundstage, rocks about as she fires from its

From the very first scene of “The Bikeriders,” director Jeff Nichols is working hard to evoke an era. In an opening deep focus shot through a bar’s door frame, Benny, a biker, sits at the bar with his back to us. The camera pushes in, revealing two older men approaching him. They want him to

When you hear the premise of Josh Margolin’s feature debut, “Thelma,” you may think you know what the movie will be. Clearly modeled on his own family (the dedication at the close of the film is “for Thelma,” which suggests he didn’t even change the heroine’s name from that of his real-life grandmother), “Thelma” is

“When I think of Barbie, I think of a little white doll with blue eyes, blonde hair, pink lips, and just all in pink.” From this first statement, audiences should brace for an all-encompassing discussion around the most famous doll ever: Barbie. Since she burst onto the scene in 1959, she has been considered the