Or Something is screening at the Bushwick Film Festival this Friday, October 18. By Elazar Abrahams Many indie films line our inbox at TV and City, but there is simply not enough time to watch […]
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Criminality in ‘Fargo’
By Elazar Abrahams A few years ago, I wrote a paper for a crime fiction class, which follows below. It’s a close read of one of the Coen Brothers’ earliest and best films, Fargo. Good […]
Piece by Piece – Review
Piece by Piece snaps into theaters on October 11. By Alex Fischer Piece by Piece is a new musical biopic about hip-hop star and producer Pharrell Williams. It is also, strangely, a Lego movie. In […]
‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ + Film as a Visual Medium
By Elazar Abrahams A few years ago, I wrote a paper for a film class, which follows below. The assignment was a scene analysis, a close read of a piece from any film on the […]
Lee – Review
Lee snaps into theaters on September 27. Lee is the kind of film that aims to transcend the usual biopic mold, yet despite its ambition, it often feels bound by convention. Directed by Ellen Kuras […]
Framing ‘Rear Window’
By Elazar Abrahams A few years ago, I wrote a paper for a film class, which follows below. The assignment was a frame analysis, a close read of a few seconds from any film on […]
Transformers One – Review
Transformers One rolls into theaters on September 20. By Elazar Abrahams Let’s get this out of the way—I’m not a die-hard Transformers fan. I’ve never seen the live-action films except for last summer’s Rise of […]
The Idea of You – Review
The Idea of You is now streaming on Prime Video. By Greg Wheeler Amazon Prime Video’s latest film, The Idea of You, brings to life the 2017 novel by Robin Lee, which was loosely inspired […]
The Contestant – Review
The Contestant is now streaming on Hulu. By Greg Wheeler The new Hulu documentary The Contestant explores the dark side of reality TV by focusing on one of the earliest reality shows in Japan, highlighting […]
Kim’s Video & Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Kim’s Video opened theatrically in select theaters on April 12th and will soon expand throughout the US and Canada. By Elazar Abrahams Throughout much of the 90s, a small boutique video rental store nestled in […]
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