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Favorite films

  • Pather Panchali
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • The Mirror
  • Stories We Tell

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  • SNL50: The Anniversary Special

  • Black Orpheus

  • French Cancan

  • Dune

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  • Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    ★★★★

    Stephen King may have internalized a story of unthinkable grief and thought “I can work with this.,,”

  • Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys

    ★★★★½

    Exquisitely crafted. RaMell Ross brings his clear-eyed, confident perspective and style to the narrative space with aplomb.

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  • Storm Lake

    Storm Lake

    ★★★½

    AFI Docs.
    Support local print media...and their digital appendages.
    www.stormlake.com/

  • Plan B

    Plan B

    ★★★★

    Hulu.
    What a year for Natalie Morales as director. Both films are fantastic and steadily improve on thin concepts as the stories mature to uncover raw human connection by their respective conclusions. On the heels of so many teen coming-of-age adventure comedies the last few years, this tweaks the narrative just enough in an earnest and acceptably preachy manner. I cannot say enough positive things about the two leads -- charming, fun performances.