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  Io Capitano 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 04 Apr 2024

  Saw it at a packed-house Barrymore for opening night of the 2024 Wisconsin Film Festival. Lots of thoughts about this movie. Having been to Senegal and Gambia twice before (including Dakar) I was familiar with the lure of going "back way" to Europe, and many of the Senegambians I spoke with on my travels shared this dream. It's obviously an important story, and one that needs to be told. Now, the fact that the director is a white Italian man…

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  Martin 1977

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Sep 2023 1

  Watching this at the UW Cinematheque with Romero collaborator Tony Buba in attendance to talk about all the behind-the-scenes DIY nuggets was the best way to experience this one for the first time. A terrifying and entrancing film--love me some Pittsburgh/Braddock exteriors from the '70s on 16mm.

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  Hannah in April 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Nov 2021 2

  One of the better (actual) indie shorts I've seen in a while. Well edited!

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  He Ran All the Way 1951

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Nov 2022

  John Berry's directorial abilities are WAY underrated.

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