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REVIEW: ‘Language Lessons’ (2021) is All About Resilience

By: Benjamin Akpan 29th May 202127th May 2021

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Language Lessons is the first computer screen-based film that focuses on the very things that a life of constant videotelephony has taken away from us.

Image is from the film 'Recovery' (2021). Two women are sat in a car. One is wearing a bright yellow top and has faded pink hair, and she is talking to her friend who is holding ziploc bags over her hands and a floral mask around her chin.

REVIEW: ‘Recovery’ (2021) Might Just Be the Medicine the World Needs

By: Benjamin Akpan 26th May 20212nd Jul 2021

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Recovery — Mallory Everton and Stephen Meek’s astonishing road trip comedy about the early days of the pandemic — cinematizes the phrase “someday you’ll look back at this and laugh.”

Still from Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break, featuring lead character Paul Dood on stage, in sequined outfit.

SXSW REVIEW: ‘Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break’ (2021) is Silly in the Best of Ways

By: Benjamin Akpan 23rd Mar 202122nd Mar 2021

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Gillespie really stretches the limits of believability, allowing the film to casually slip into a wild farcicality that you can’t turn away from.

SXSW REVIEW: ‘Potato Dreams of America’ (2021) A Brave, Yet Uneven Portrait of The American Dream

By: Benjamin Akpan 21st Mar 202120th Mar 2021

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Potato Dreams of America is a surreal and cartoonish dramedy that lacks the vitality to puzzle it’s pieces together, even when those pieces are rich in plot and stylistically interesting .

Image is from the film Strawberry Mansion. A man in a suit stands in a field, holding a briefcase. He looks towards a red house in the distance.

SUNDANCE REVIEW: ‘Strawberry Mansion’ (2021) is a Wildly Ambitious Fever Dream

By: Benjamin Akpan 16th Feb 202114th Feb 2021

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Birney and Audley beg us to escape on a thrilling adventure into their fancy, but Strawberry Mansion is an astonishing dreamscape odyssey that’ll have you craving for one more minute of sleep.