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Film Review: Irena’s Vow
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Film Review: The Crossing
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. Watching The Crossing is like going to an art exhibit. I know this is likely a bizarre way to start off a discussion, but hear…
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Film Review: A Little Prayer
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. How far do you go to protect family? This is the question that A Little Prayer is asking, the latest from Junebug writer-turned-director Angus MacLachlan,…
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Film Review: Solo
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. At my film festival screening for Solo, I got the chance to listen to director Sophie Dupuis discuss the making of her film in detail.…
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Film Review: Dreamin’ Wild
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. About halfway into Dreamin’ Wild, Donnie and Joe Emerson, the two brothers responsible for the album that the movie is based on, find themselves at…
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Film Review: A Compassionate Spy
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. In 1994, Steve James released Hoop Dreams, a 3 hour long documentary that, on the surface, was about two high school student who wanted to…
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Film Review: The Teachers’ Lounge
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. Being a teacher is pretty damn stressful right? Or at least, hopefully not as stressful as Carla’s teaching job, which beyond the usual issues of…
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Film Review: Priscilla
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. I never got a chance to officially review Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis from last year, mainly due to traffic reasons as I tend to stick to…
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Film Review: Perfect Days
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Hirayama is living his best life, seemingly. He wakes up early day in the morning, does his wake up routine, and then heads off to his job as a toilet cleaner while listening to music on his old cassette player. He meets new people on the daily, with some interactions…
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Film Review: Green Border
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. In the first 20 minutes of Green Border, we follow the perspective of a single family attempting to cross the Belarus/Poland border as a way…
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